The tectono-metamorphic evolution of a dismembered ophiolite (Tinos, Cyclades, Greece)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-254

  Katzir, Yaron ^a   Matthews, Alan ^a   Garfunkel, Zvi ^a   Schliestedt, Manfred ^b   Avigad, Dov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENSCHIST FACIES; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; SUPRA SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SLICE; TECTONOMETAMORPHIC EVOLUTION;

GREECE, CYCLADES, TINOS;

EID: 0029752419     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800008992     Document Type: Article

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