New 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the timing of magmatic events in the Panagyurishte region, Bulgaria

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-123

  Rieser, Andrea B ^a,c   Neubauer, Franz ^a   Handler, Robert ^a   Velichkova, Svetlana H ^a,b   Ivanov, Zivko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c NAGRA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Arc magmatism; Collapse basin; Cretaceous; Extension; Srednogorie

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; PLUTONISM; VOLCANISM; AMPHIBOLE; BIOTITE; COPPER; GEODYNAMICS; GOLD; GRANODIORITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MICA; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

APUSENI MOUNTAINS; BLACK SEA; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PANAGYURISHTE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; BLACK SEA COAST [BULGARIA];

EID: 49949093659     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-007-1243-z     Document Type: Article

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