Cambrian ensialic rift-related magmatism in the Ossa-Morena Zone (Évora-Aracena metamorphic belt, SW Iberian Massif): Sm-Nd isotopes and SHRIMP zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology

Tectonophysics

Volumn 461, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 91-113

  Chichorro, M ^a   Pereira, M F ^a   Diaz Azpiroz M ^b   Williams, I S ^c   Fernandez C ^d   Pin, C ^e   Silva, J B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Ensialic rifting; Ossa Morena Zone; Rheic Ocean; SHRIMP U Th Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

CADOMIAN OROGENY; CAMBRIAN; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; RIFTING; SHRIMP DATING; THORIUM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; OSSA MORENA ZONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 55549118949     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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