Petrology, geochemistry and U-Pb zircon geochronology of lower crust pyroxenites from northern Apennine (Italy): Insights into the post-collisional Variscan evolution

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 813-835

  Renna, Maria Rosaria ^a   Tribuzio, Riccardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cumulus pyroxenite; Lower crust; Post collisional magmatism; Trace elements; U Pb zircon dating; Variscan evolution

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY; PYROXENITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 65049083032     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0366-1     Document Type: Article

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