Crete and the Minoan terranes: Age constraints from U-Pb dating of detrital zircons

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 423, Issue , 2007, Pages 401-411

  Zulauf, G ^a   Romano, S S ^a   Dorr W ^a   Fiala, J ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crete; Detrital zircons; Gondwana; Minoan terranes; Peri Gondwanan terranes; U Pb TIMS

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

CRETE; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GONDWANA; MINOAN TERRANES; PERI-GONDWANAN TERRANES;

LEAD ALLOYS;

CRATON; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PHANEROZOIC; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CYCLADES; EGYPT; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MENDERES MASSIF; TURKEY;

EID: 67349228507     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2423(19)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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