Sm-Nd isotope geochemistry and tectonic setting of the metasedimentary rocks from the basal allochthonous units of NW Iberia (Variscan suture, Galicia)

Lithos

Volumn 148, Issue , 2012, Pages 196-208

  Fuenlabrada, José Manuel ^a   Arenas, Ricardo ^a   Díez Fernández, Rubén ^b   Sánchez Martínez, Sonia ^a   Abati, Jacobo ^a   López Carmona, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allochthonous complexes; Metasedimentary rocks; NW Iberia; Sm Nd isotope geochemistry; Tectonic setting; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EDIACARAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAGREYWACKE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84863530461     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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