Evidence for a "Cadomian" ophiolite and magmatic-arc complex in SW Bulgaria

Precambrian Research

Volumn 212-213, Issue , 2012, Pages 275-295

  Kounov, Alexandre ^a   Graf, Johannes ^b   von Quadt, Albrecht ^c   Bernoulli, Daniel ^a,d   Burg, Jean Pierre ^d   Seward, Diane ^e   Ivanov, Zivko ^f   Fanning, Mark ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH Zurich ^*  (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Cadomian orogen; Kraishte; Magmatic arc; Ophiolites; U Pb zircon analysis

Indexed keywords

CADOMIAN OROGENY; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; CAMBRIAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EDIACARAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; NAPPE; OPHIOLITE; PLATE MOTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BULGARIA; KRAISHTE;

EID: 84863451253     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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