The Othris Ophiolite, Greece: A snapshot of subduction initiation at a mid-ocean ridge

Lithos

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 234-254

  Barth, Matthias G ^a   Mason, Paul R D ^b   Davies, Gareth R ^c   Drury, Martyn R ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ophiolite; Partial melting; Peridotites; Subduction initiation

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OPHIOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PLATE TECTONICS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION; TETHYS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37549029163     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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