Evolution of boninites and island-arc tholeiites in the Pindos Ophiolite, Greece

Geological Magazine

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 455-469

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Tsikouras, Basilios ^b   Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Basalt; Geochemistry; Jurassic; Nd isotopes; Ocean island basalt

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CLAY ALTERATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM; OXIDE MINERALS; SAMARIUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; JURASSIC; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; ND ISOTOPES; NORTH-WESTERN GREECE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; SUBDUCTING SLABS;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

BONINITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; OPHIOLITE; THOLEIITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PINDUS MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3843149583     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756804009215     Document Type: Article

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