Petrogenetic evolution of an ophiolite fragment in an ensialic marginal basin, northern Aegean (Samothraki Island, Greece)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 551-567

  Tsikouras, Basilios ^a   Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; MIXING; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

BACK-ARC BASIN; CHEMICAL VARIABILITY; CLINOPYROXENES; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; GABBRO AND BASALTS; LOW PRESSURES; MAGMA MIXING; NORTHERN AEGEAN SEAS;

BASALT;

ENSIALIC MARGINAL BASIN; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS;

GREECE;

EID: 0031697214     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/10/3/0551     Document Type: Article

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