A record of Middle Jurassic bottom-current activity in Western Tethys: Evidence from the Kalur Cherts of the Mirdita ophiolites (northern Albania)

Ofioliti

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Aiello, Ivano Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Clay minerals; Jurassic; Kalur Cherts; Mirdita; Radiolarites; Tethys. Albania

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CHERT; CLAY MINERALOGY; LAMINATION; RADIOLARIAN; RHYTHMICITY;

ALBANIA, MIRDITA;

EID: 0030438272     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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