The southern margin of the Caribbean Plate in Venezuela: Tectono-magmatic setting of the ophiolitic units and kinematic evolution

Lithos

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-40

  Giunta, Giuseppe ^a   Beccaluva, Luigi ^b   Coltorti, Massimo ^b   Siena, Franca ^b   Vaccaro, Carmela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caribbean Plate; Geodynamic evolution; Oceanic plateau; Ophiolites; Tectono magmatic settings; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; GEODYNAMICS; MAGMATISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC SETTING;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0036073673     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(02)00120-2     Document Type: Article

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