Mesozoic-Tertiary tectonic evolution of Albania in its regional Eastern Mediterranean context

Tectonophysics

Volumn 316, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 197-254

  Robertson, Alastair ^a   Shallo, Minella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Mediterranean; Ophiolites; Suture; Tethys

Indexed keywords

MESOZOIC; OPHIOLITE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; TETHYS;

ALBANIA;

EID: 0034731849     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00262-0     Document Type: Article

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