Cross sections through the ophiolitic units of the southern and northern margins of the Caribbean Plate in Venezuela (northern Cordilleras) and Central Cuba

Ofioliti

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-103

  Beccaluva, Luigi ^a   Coltorti, Massimo ^a   Giunta, Giuseppe ^b   Vinent, Manuel Iturralde ^c   Navarro, Enrique ^c   Siena, Franca ^e   Urbani, Franco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; CROSS SECTION; FIELD TRIP; MESOZOIC; OPHIOLITE;

CUBA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030405204     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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