Serbo-Macedonian revisited: A Silurian basement terrane from northern Gondwana in the Internal Hellenides, Greece

Tectonophysics

Volumn 473, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 20-35

  Himmerkus, F ^a,b   Reischmann, T ^b   Kostopoulos, D ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gondwana derived terranes; Hellenides; Serbo Macedonian Massif; Terrane accretion

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; COARSE-GRAINED; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; CRYSTALLISATION; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GONDWANA-DERIVED TERRANES; HELLENIDES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; NORTHERN GREECE; OROGENS; ORTHOGNEISSES; PALAEOZOIC; PERALUMINOUS; ROCK TYPES; SERBO-MACEDONIAN MASSIF; TECTONIC HISTORY; TERRANE ACCRETION; U-PB AGES; VARISCAN; ZIRCON AGE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MICA; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

BUILDINGS;

ACCRETION; BIOTITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANITE; ORTHOGNEISS; SILURIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HELLENIDES; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649333149     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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