Meta-igneous rocks of the West-Carpathian basement, Slovakia: Indicators of Early Paleozoic extension and shortening events

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 461-471

  Putiš, Marián ^a   Ivan, Peter ^a   Kohút, Milan ^b   Spišiak, Ján ^c   Siman, Pavol ^d   Radvanec, Martin ^b   Uher, Pavel ^a   Sergeev, Sergey ^e   Larionov, Alexander ^e   Méres, Štefan ^a   Demko, Rastislav ^b   Ondrejka, Martin ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b Dionyz Stur State Institute of Geology   (Slovakia)

^c MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^e A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Early paleozoic; Extension; Gondwana margin; Meta igneous rocks; Shortening; Western carpathians

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GONDWANA; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

EID: 77949726581     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.6.461     Document Type: Article

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