Ediacaran-Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the Ossa Morena and Central Iberian zones (SW Iberia) as revealed by Sm-Nd isotope systematics

Tectonophysics

Volumn 461, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 202-214

  López Guijarro, Rafael ^a   Armendáriz, Maider ^a   Quesada, Cecilio ^a   Fernández Suárez, Javier ^b   Murphy, J Brendan ^c   Pin, Christian ^d   Bellido, Felix ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Central Iberian Zone; Nd isotopes; Ossa Morena Zone; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; EDIACARAN; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHEAR ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 55549145421     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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