Bela oceanic lithosphere assemblage and its relation to the Reunion hotspot

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 90-95

  Gnos, Edwin ^a   Khan, Mehrab ^b   Mahmood, Khalid ^b   Khan, Abdul S ^b   Shafique, Naseer A ^c   Villa, Igor M ^d  

^a Mineralogisch Petrographisches Inst   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRETACEOUS; HOT SPOT; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE;

BELA; PAKISTAN; REUNION;

EID: 0032448476     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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