Alpine tectono-metamorphic history of the continental units from Vardar zone: The Kopaonik Metamorphic Complex (Dinaric-Hellenic belt, Serbia)

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-77

  Zelic, Mario ^a   Levi, Nicola ^a   Malasoma, Alessandro ^a   Marroni, Michele ^a   Pandolfi, Luca ^a   Trivic, Branislav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Deformation; Exhumation; Kopaonik metamorphic complex; Metamorphism; Serbia; Vardar zone

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; METABASITE; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SERBIA;

EID: 73249153459     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1169     Document Type: Article

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