Isotope geochemistry and revised geochronology of the Purrido ophiolite (Cabo Ortegal Complex, NW Iberian Massif): Devonian magmatism with mixed sources and involved mesoproterozoic basement

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 733-750

  Martínez, Sonia Sánchez ^a   Arenas, Ricardo ^b   Gerdes, Axel ^a   Castiñeiras, Pedro ^b   Potrel, Alain ^c   Fernández Suárez, Javier ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; DEVONIANS; HF ISOTOPE; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE SOURCE; NEW AGE; PROTOLITHS; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; SM-ND ISOTOPE; TWO SOURCES; U-PB ZIRCON; VARISCAN; ZIRCON CRYSTALS;

ABLATION; BUILDINGS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; OPHIOLITE; PROTEROZOIC; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EUROPE;

EID: 79955726056     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-065     Document Type: Article

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