Baltica- and Gondwana-derived sediments in the Mid-German Crystalline Rise (Central Europe): Implications for the closure of the Rheic ocean

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 254-263

  Zeh, Armin ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltica; Gondwana; Lu Hf; Provenance; Rheic ocean; U Pb; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; HAFNIUM; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 74449083546     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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