The augen gneisses of the Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily): Granitoid magma production during rapid evolution of the northern Gondwana margin at the end of the Precambrian

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 782-796

  Fiannacca, Patrizia ^a   Williams, Ian S ^b   Cirrincione, Rosolino ^a   Pezzino, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cadomian granitoids; Calabria Peloritani orogen; Crustal recycling; Southern Europe; U Pb SHRIMP geochronology

Indexed keywords

AUGEN GNEISS; BASEMENT ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; PELORITANI MOUNTAINS; SICILY;

EID: 84871934815     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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