New age data from the Dzirula Massif, Georgia: Implications for the evolution of the caucasian variscides

American Journal of Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 404-441

  Mayringer, Franz ^a   Treloar, Peter J ^b   Gerdes, Axel ^c   Finger, Fritz ^a   Shengelia, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Black Sea Central Transcaucasian terrane; Caucasus; Geochronology; Monazite; Variscides; Zircon

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; MOUNTAIN; PETROGRAPHY; TERRANE; TONALITE; ZIRCON;

BLACK SEA; CAUCASUS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

EID: 83155172751     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/05.2011.02     Document Type: Article

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