The tectonic evolution of peridotites in the Lizard ophiolite Complex, south-west England

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 182-187

  Cook, C A ^a   Holdsworth, R E ^a   Styles, M T ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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