Role of the Ollo de Sapo massive felsic volcanism of NW Iberia in the Early Ordovician dynamics of northern Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 363-376

  Montes, A Díez ^a   Catalán, J R Martínez ^b   Mulas, F Bellido ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metavolcanic rocks; Northern Gondwana; Ollo de Sapo Fm.; Ordovician magmatism; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

FELSIC ROCK; GONDWANA; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; METAPELITE; PLUTON; SANDSTONE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 74449091425     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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