Careón ophiolite, NW Spain: Suprasubduction zone setting for the youngest rheic ocean floor

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Martinez, Sonia Sánchez ^a   Arenas, Ricardo ^a   Garcia, Florentino Díaz ^b   Catalán, José Ramón Martínez ^c   Gómez Barreiro, Juan ^d   Pearce, Julian A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devonian ophiolite; Galicia; NW Spain; Rheic Ocean; Suprasubduction

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; SUPRASUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC ARC;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

DEVONIAN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; OPHIOLITE; SEAFLOOR; SILURIAN; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846342635     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23024A.1     Document Type: Article

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