Multiple early Paleozoic volcanic events at the northern Gondwana margin: U-Pb age evidence from the Southern Variscan branch (Sardinia, Italy)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-58

  Oggiano, Giacomo ^a   Gaggero, Laura ^b   Funedda, Antonio ^c   Buzzi, Laura ^b   Tiepolo, Massimo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cambrian Ordovician; North Gondwana margin; Sardic phase; Sardinia; U Pb zircon geochronology; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

HERCYNIAN OROGENY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PALEOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ARC; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 70449117416     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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