Discovery of an albite gneiss from the Ile de Groix (Armorican Massif, France): Geochemistry and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of its Ordovician protolith

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1169-1190

  Korh, Afifé El ^a,e   Schmidt, Susanne Th ^a   Ballèvre, Michel ^b   Ulianov, Alexey ^c   Bruguier, Olivier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albite orthogneiss; Cambro Ordovician rifting; Ile de Groix; In situ U Pb geochronology; Incompatible trace elements; LA ICP MS; Titanite; Variscan orogeny; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ALBITE; BLUESCHIST FACIES; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; METABASITE; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; ORDOVICIAN; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTOLITH; RIFTING; TITANITE; TRACE METAL; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARMORICAN MASSIF; BRETAGNE; FRANCE; GROIX ISLAND; MORBIHAN;

EID: 84861928379     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-011-0732-5     Document Type: Article

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