Detailed mapping of a mantle diapir below a paleo-spreading center in the Oman ophiolite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 18153-18170

  Jousselin, David ^a   Nicolas, Adolphe ^a   Boudier, Françoise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; MANTLE PLUME; OPHIOLITE;

OMAN;

EID: 0032504781     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01493     Document Type: Article

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