A history of the Shetland Ophiolite Complex

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-148

  Flinn, Derek ^a   Oglethorpe, Richard J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

SCANDIA;

EID: 27744445642     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg41020141     Document Type: Article

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