Proterozoic ophiolites of the Arabian Shield and their significance in Precambrian tectonics

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 218, Issue , 2004, Pages 685-700

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a   Ahmed, Zulfiqar ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2942517494     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.218.01.33     Document Type: Article

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