Tethyan ophiolites and Pangea break-up

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 442-470

  Bortolotti, Valerio ^a   Principi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caribbean Tethys; EasternTethys; Jurassic; Ophiolites; Paleozoic Pangea break up; Triassic; WesternTethys

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; PANGAEA; TETHYS; THOLEIITE; TRIASSIC;

SOLEIDAE;

EID: 33845449825     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00478.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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