The emplacement mode of upper Cretaceous plutons from the southwestern part of the Sredna Gora Zone (Bulgaria): Structural and AMS study

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-33

  Georgiev, Neven ^a   Henry, Bernard ^b   Jordanova, Neli ^c   Froitzheim, Nikolaus ^d   Jordanova, Diana ^c   Ivanov, Zivko ^a   Dimov, Dimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMS.; Late Cretaceous; Magma emplacement; Sredna Gora Bulgaria; Strike slip setting; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; MAGMA; PLUTON; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SREDNA GORA;

EID: 62749161486     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10096-009-0001-8     Document Type: Article

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