Geodynamic significance of ophiolites within the Calabrian Arc

Island Arc

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-43

  Liberi, Francesca ^a   Morten, Lauro ^a   Piluso, Eugenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Calabrian Arc; High pressure low temperature metamorphism; Neo Tethys; Ophiolites

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

CALABRIAN ARC; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33644807251     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2006.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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