Age and significance of radiolarian sediments within basic extrusives of the marginal basin Guevgueli Ophiolite (northern Greece)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-136

  Danelian, Taniel ^a   Robertson, Alastair H F ^a   Dimitriadis, Sarantis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; LITHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; OPHIOLITE; PROVENANCE; RADIOLARIA;

GREECE, VARDAR-AXIOS ZONE;

EID: 0029751576     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800008645     Document Type: Article

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