Zircon U-Pb geochronology of paragneisses and biotite granites from the SW Iberian Massif (Portugal): Evidence for apalaeogeographical link between the Ossa-Morena Ediacaran basins and the West African craton

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 297, Issue , 2008, Pages 385-408

  Pereira, M F ^a   Chichorro, M ^b   Williams, I S ^c   Silva, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; ION MICROPROBE; LEAD; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PARAGENESIS; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVORA [PORTUGAL]; GERMANY; NORTH AFRICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 47349097876     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP297.18     Document Type: Article

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