Alpine ocean seafloor spreading and onset of pelagic sedimentation: New radiolarian data from the Chenaillet-Montgenèvre ophiolite (French-Italian Alps)

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 131-138

  Cordey, Fabrice ^a   Bailly, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Chenaillet Montgen vre; Lago Nero Replatte; Ophiolite; Radiolarite; Seafloor spreading; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CORRELATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MAGMA; OPHIOLITE; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; RADIOLARITE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEDIMENTATION;

ALPS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 34347220096     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.20.131-138     Document Type: Article

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