The Eocene bimodal Piranshahr massif of the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, NW Iran: A marker of the end of the collision in the Zagros orogen

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-69

  Mazhari, S A ^a   Bea, F ^b   Amini, S ^a   Ghalamghash, J ^c   Molina, J F ^b   Montero, P ^b   Scarrow, J H ^b   Williams, I S ^d  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; EOCENE; FELSIC ROCK; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; SANANDAJ-SIRJAN BELT;

EID: 69249183327     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-022     Document Type: Article

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