Arc-trench rollback and forearc accretion: 2. A model template for ophiolites in Albania, Cyprus, and Oman

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 218, Issue , 2004, Pages 43-68

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a   Flower, Martin F J ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EMPLACEMENT; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; TETHYS;

ALBANIA; ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942631114     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.218.01.04     Document Type: Article

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