Amphibolite dikes within the Zidani asbestos mine, northern Greece, and their significance

Ofioliti

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Karkanas, Panayiotis ^a   Laskou, Magda ^a   Economou, Maria ^a   Zhelyaskova Panayotova, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Amphibolite; Asbestos. Zidani; Dikes; Geochemistry; Greece; Ophiolite; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ASBESTOS; DYKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC SETTING;

GREECE, ZIDANI;

EID: 0030404325     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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