A window to the operation of microplate tectonics in the Tethys Ocean: The geochemistry of the Samothrace granite, Aegean Sea

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-272

  Seymour, K St ^a,b   Tsikouras, V ^b   Kotopouli, K ^b   Hatzipanayiotou, K ^b   Pe Piper, G ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MICROPLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUTON; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TETHYS; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EVROS; GREECE; SAMOTHRACE;

EID: 0002929704     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01162606     Document Type: Article

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