Tectonic implications of boninite, arc tholeiite, and MORB magma types in the Josephine Ophiolite, California-Oregon

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 218, Issue , 2004, Pages 207-230

  Harper, Gregory D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THOLEIITE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942600993     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.218.01.12     Document Type: Article

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