Petrogenesis of Ordovician magmatism in the Pyrenees (Albera and Canigó massifs) determined on the basis of zircon minor and trace element composition

Journal of Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 521-534

  Castiñeiras, Pedro ^a   Navidad, Marina ^a   Casas, Josep M ^b   Liesa, Montserrat ^b   Carreras, Jordi ^c  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORDOVICIAN; PETROGENESIS; PLAGIOCLASE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

PYRENEES;

EID: 79960974474     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660889     Document Type: Article

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