Rift-related volcanism predating the birth of the Rheic Ocean (Ossa-Morena zone, SW Iberia)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 392-407

  Sanchez Garcia T ^a   Bellido, F ^a   Pereira, M F ^b   Chichorro, M ^c   Quesada, C ^a   Pin, Ch ^d   Silva, J B ^e  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cambrian Ordovician; Geochemistry; Ossa Morena zone; Rheic Ocean; Rift magmatism; Sm Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORDOVICIAN; RIFTING; SAMARIUM; VOLCANISM;

OSSA MORENA ZONE;

EID: 74449088130     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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