Postorogenic shoshonitic rocks and their origin by melting underplated basalts: The miocene of Limnos, Greece

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-54

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Koukouvelas, Ioannis ^c   Dolansky, Lila M ^a   Kokkalas, Sotiris ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amphibolite; Dehydration melting; Lower crust; Petrogenesis; REE; Shoshonite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; LOWER CRUST; PETROGENESIS; REE; SHOSHONITE;

CHROMIUM; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; ISOTOPES; PETROLOGY; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

MELTING;

AMPHIBOLITE; COLLISION ZONE; DEHYDRATION MELTING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MIOCENE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMARIUM; SHOSHONITE; SUBDUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67949108324     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26317.1     Document Type: Article

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