Geochemistry of the Jurassic Mirdita Ophiolite (Albania) and the MORB to SSZ evolution of a marginal basin oceanic crust

Lithos

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 174-209

  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

Boninites; Jurassic oceanic crust and Tethyan ophiolites; MORB volcanism; Slab contamination of mantle source; Slab rollback and extension; Suprasubduction zone magmatism

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MARGINAL BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTONIC ROCK; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ALBANIA; BALKANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIRDITA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37649025215     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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