Ophiolites and island arcs in the late Proterozoic Nubian shield

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Reischmann, Thomas ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Island arcs; Late Proterozoic; Nubian shield; Ophiolites

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; OPHIOLITE; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033905877     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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