Mafic rocks from the sedimentary breccias associated to the balagne ophiolitic nappe (northern corsica): Geochemical features and geological implications

Ofioliti

Volumn 26, Issue 2 B, 2001, Pages 433-444

  Marroni, Michele ^a   Pandolfi, Luca ^b   Saccani, Emilio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breccias; Geochemistry; Ophiolite sequence; Permian jurassic. corsica; Rifting; Tholeiitic within plate basalts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012709424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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