Age variation in the source of the diapiric mud breccia along and across the axis of the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex

Marine Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 175-202

  Premoli Silva, Isabella ^a   Erba, Elisabetta ^a   Spezzaferri, Silvia ^a   Cita, Maria Bianca ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISMS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRECCIA; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOMETRY; MUD BRECCIA; MUD DIAPIRISM; PLEISTOCENE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE;

EID: 0030174955     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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