Ophiolites of the calabrian peloritan arc and their relationships with the crystalline basement (catena costiera and sila piccola, calabria, southern Italy) glom 2000 excursion guide-book

Ofioliti

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-140

  Piluso, Eugenio ^a   Cirrincione, Rosalino ^b   Morten, Lauro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catena costiera; Crystalline basement. calabria peloritani arc; Ophiolites; Sila piccola; Tectonometamorphic evolution; Ultramafics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644748798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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