Late Permian to Recent magmatic activity on the African-Arabian margin of Tethys

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 132, Issue , 1998, Pages 231-263

  Wilson, M ^a   Guiraud, R ^b   Moreau, C ^c   Bellion, Y J C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GEODYNAMICS; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; TETHYS;

AFRICA; SAUDI ARABIA;

NUBIAN;

EID: 0032461933     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.132.01.14     Document Type: Article

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