Sedimentary evidence from the south Mediterranean region (Sicily, Crete, Peloponnese, Evia) used to test alternative models for the regional tectonic setting of Tethys during Late Palaeozoic - Early Mesozoic time

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 260, Issue , 2006, Pages 91-154

  Robertson, Alastair H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TETHYS;

EID: 33748481586     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.260.01.06     Document Type: Article

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