Suprasubduction zone ophiolite formation along the periphery of Mesozoic Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-475

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a   Furnes, Harald ^b   Shallo, Minella ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albanian ophiolites; Boninites; Chemostratigraphy of extrusive sequences; Jurassic oceanic crust; MORB to SSZ transition; Neotethys and Gondwana; Slab rollback; Suprasubduction zone ophiolites

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GONDWANA; MESOZOIC; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ALBANIA;

EID: 34248188590     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.01.005     Document Type: Review

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