Actualistic ophiolite provenance: The Cyprus case

Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-218

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a,b   Andò, Sergio ^a   Scutellà, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OBDUCTION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE;

CYPRUS;

EID: 0034046218     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314391     Document Type: Article

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