The basic rocks of the Shetland Ophiolite Complex and their bearing on its genesis

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-96

  Flinn, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METAMORPHISM; NAPPE; OPHIOLITE; PALEOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035182437     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg37020079     Document Type: Article

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