Jurassic ridge collapse, subduction initiation and ophiolite obduction in the southern Greek Tethys

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-138

  Clift, Peter D ^a   Dixon, John E ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION; TETHYS;

GREECE;

EID: 0031690789     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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