Geology and petrology of ophiolitic sequences in the Mirdita region (northern Albania)

Ofioliti

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-20

  Bortolotti, Valerio ^a   Kodra, Alaudin ^b   Marroni, Michele ^c   Mustafa, Faruk ^d   Pandolfi, Luca ^c   Principi, Gianfranco ^a   Saccani, Emilio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Institute of Geological Research   (Albania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d GjeoAlba   (Albania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flysch; Jurassic Tethys; Melange; Middle Jurassic Early Cretaceous. Albania; MOR ophiolite; Obduction; SSZ ophiolite

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLYSCH; MELANGE; MESOZOIC; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY;

ALBANIA, MIRDITA;

EID: 0030441858     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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