Triassic morb magmatism in the Southern Mirdita zone (Albania)

Ofioliti

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Bortolotti, Valerio ^a,b   Chiari, Marco ^b   Kodra, Alaudin ^c   Marcucci, Marta ^a,b   Marroni, Michele ^e   Mustafa, Faruk ^c   Prela, Mensi ^d   Pandolfi, Luca ^e   Principi, Gianfranco ^a,b   Saccani, Emilio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c Geological Survey of Albania   (Albania)

^d POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Mirdita ophiolitic zone; MORB; Petrography; Porava unit; Radiolarian biostratigraphy; Triassic. southern albania

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949146978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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