Geochemical evidence for the nature of the crust beneath the eastern North Penninic basin of the Mesozoic Tethys ocean

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 633-643

  Steinmann, M ^a,b   Stille, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Nd Sr isotopes; Oceanic basalts; Paleogeography; Paleotectonic evolution; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; NAPPE; OCEAN BASIN; TETHYS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033045613     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050236     Document Type: Article

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