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

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2013

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Fiannacca, Patrizia
Williams, Ian
Cirrincione, Rosolino
Pezzino, Antonino

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Elsevier

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The medium- to high-grade polymetamorphic basement rocks of the Peloritani Mountains, northern Sicily, include large volumes of augen gneiss of controversial age and origin. By means of a geochemical and SHRIMP zircon study of representative samples, the

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

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Gondwana Research

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2037-12-31