Lithospheric delamination in the core of Pangea: Sm-Nd insights from the Iberian mantle

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-158

  Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel ^a   Murphy, J Brendan ^b   Fernández Suárez, Javier ^c   Weil, Arlo B ^d   Franco, M Piedad ^a   Gonzalo, J Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^d BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; IBERIAN MASSIFS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LITHOSPHERIC; MANTLE REPLACEMENT; OROCLINE; OROGENIC BELTS; OROGENS; PERMIAN; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; VARISCAN;

ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM; STEEL SHEET;

DELAMINATION;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DELAMINATION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM; OROGENIC BELT; PANGAEA; REPLACEMENT; SAMARIUM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

IBERIAN MASSIF;

EID: 78851468960     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31468.1     Document Type: Article

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