Forearc ophiolites: A view from the western Pacific

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 218, Issue , 2004, Pages 507-515

  Milsom, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 2942571058     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.218.01.26     Document Type: Article

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