Deformation history of the Blueschist-Facies sequences from the villa de Cura unit (Northern Venezuela)

Ofioliti

Volumn 26, Issue 2 B, 2001, Pages 479-482

  Ellero, Alessandro ^a   Marroni, Michele ^a,b   Padoa, Elisa ^c   Pandolfi, Luca ^a   Urbani, Franco ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Blueschist facies metamorphism; Structural evolution. northern venezuela; Supra subduction setting; Villa de cura unit; Volcano sedimentary sequence

Indexed keywords

CURA;

EID: 33847066593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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