The anatomy of a Gondwanan terrane: The Neoproterozoic-Ordovician basement of the pre-Alpine Sebeş-Lotru composite terrane (South Carpathians, Romania)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 561-572

  Balintoni, I ^a   Balica, C ^a   Ducea, M N ^b   Hann, H P ^c   Sabliovschi V ^d  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Carpathians; Neoproterozoic; Ordovician; Rheic suture; Terrane provenance; Variscan orogeny; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ORDOVICIAN; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

EID: 74449093274     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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