Re-interpreting the Devonian ophiolites involved in the Variscan suture: U-Pb and Lu-Hf zircon data of the Moeche Ophiolite (Cabo Ortegal Complex, NW Iberia)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1385-1402

  Arenas, R ^a   Sanchez Martinez S ^a   Gerdes, A ^b,c   Albert, R ^a   Diez Fernandez R ^a   Andonaegui, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lu Hf zircon; Ophiolites; U Pb; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEVONIAN; GREENSCHIST; HAFNIUM; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LUTETIUM; MAFIC ROCK; MYLONITE; OCEAN BASIN; OPHIOLITE; PROTOLITH; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CABO ORTEGAL; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN MASSIF; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84902469377     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-013-0880-x     Document Type: Article

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