U-Pb zircon ages (SHRIMP) for Cadomian and Early Ordovician magmatism in the Eastern Pyrenees: New insights into the pre-Variscan evolution of the northern Gondwana margin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 461, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 228-239

  Castiñeiras, Pedro ^a,b   Navidad, Marina ^b   Liesa, Montserrat ^c   Carreras, Jordi ^d   Casas, Josep M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cadomian; Eastern Pyrenees; Ordovician magmatism; Pre Variscan; SHRIMP geochronology; U Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CADOMIAN OROGENY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN; RIFTING; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 55549094430     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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