Albanian ophiolites. I - magmatic and metamorphic processes associated with the initiation of a subduction

Ofioliti

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-45

  Bébien, Jean ^a   Dimo Lahitte, Ardiana ^b   Vergély, Pierre ^b   Insergueix Filippi, Delphine ^b   Dupeyrat, Laure ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Albania; Geochronology; High Ti magmatism; Jurassic; Low and very low Ti magmatisms; Metamorphic sole; Ophiolites

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION;

ALBANIA;

EID: 17744413505     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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