Death of super-continents and birth of oceans heralded by discrete A-type granite igneous events: The case of the Variscan-Alpine Europe

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 237-252

  Bonin, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

A type granite; Cadomian; Europe; Geodynamic settings; Palaeozoic; Triassic; Variscan

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; CADOMIAN OROGENY; CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEVONIAN; EMPLACEMENT; GEODYNAMICS; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; OCEAN BASIN; SUPERCONTINENT; TRIASSIC;

EID: 67649510977     PISSN: 18026222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.036     Document Type: Article

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