Geochemical characterization and isotopic age of Caradocian magmatism in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula: Insights into the Late Ordovician evolution of the northern Gondwana margin

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 325-337

  Navidad, Marina ^a   Castiñeiras, Pedro ^a   Casas, Josep M ^b   Liesa, Montserrat ^b   Fernández Suárez, Javier ^a   Barnolas, Antoni ^c   Carreras, Jordi ^d   Gil Peña, Inmaculada ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Late Ordovician magmatism; Metaluminous and aluminous orthogneisses; Northeastern Iberia; Pyroclastic calc alkaline metavolcanic rocks; Sr Nd isotopes; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CARADOCIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 74449084101     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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