Two alternative solutions for the development of a marginal basin in NE Greece

Ofioliti

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-92

  Tsikouras, Basilios ^a   Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axios ocean; Back arc basin; Fore arc basin; Jurassic; Marginal basin; North Aegean; Paleotethys; Strandza ocean

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; FOREARC BASIN; JURASSIC; MARGINAL BASIN; OPHIOLITE;

GREECE;

EID: 0032427897     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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