Contrasting modes of ophiolite emplacement in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 32, Issue , 2006, Pages 235-261

  Robertson, Alastair H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; OCEAN BASIN; OPHIOLITE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALBANIA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846074806     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2006.032.01.14     Document Type: Article

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