Thermal maturation of the Lower Palaeozoic strata in the southwestern margin of the Malopolska Massif, southern Poland: No evidence for Caledonian regional metamorphism

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 775-781

  Belka, Z ^a   Siewniak Madej, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Silesian Branch   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conodont colour alteration index; Lower Palaeozoic; Malopolska Massif; Poland; Thermal maturation; Variscan intrusives

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349146477     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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