Ophiolites of the Eastern Peninsulas zone (Eastern Kamchatka): Age, composition, and geodynamic diversity

Island Arc

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-456

  Tsukanov, Nikolay V ^a   Kramer, Wolfgang ^b   Skolotnev, Sergey G ^c   Luchitskaya, Marina V ^c   Seifert, Wolfgang ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Eastern Kamchatka; Geochemistry; Geodynamic settings; Mineral compositions; Ophiolites; Paleoarc

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; APTIAN; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MINERALOGY; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EURASIA; KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34548311595     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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