Mesozoic to tertiary tectonic history of the Mirdita ophiolites, northern Albania

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 471-493

  Bortolotti, Valerio ^a   Marroni, Michele ^a,b   Pandolfi, Luca ^a,b   Principi, Gianfranco ^a,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mesozoic; Mirdita; Northern Albania; Obduction; Ophiolites; Tectonic; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MELANGE; MESOZOIC; NAPPE; OBDUCTION; OCEAN BASIN; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIRDITA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845444787     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00479.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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