Mirdita Zone ophiolites and associated sediments in Albania reveal Neotethys Ocean origin

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 865-881

  Gawlick, Hans Jürgen ^a   Frisch, Wolfgang ^b   Hoxha, Lirim ^c   Dumitrica, Paulian ^d   Krystyn, Leopold ^e   Lein, Richard ^e   Missoni, Sigrid ^a   Schlagintweit, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Geological Survey of Albania   (Albania)

^d University of Vienna ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Albania; Mirdita ophiolites; Neotethys Ocean; Ophiolitic m lange; Vardar Zone

Indexed keywords

BAJOCIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MELANGE; NAPPE; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; OXFORDIAN; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST; TRIASSIC;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIRDITA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 44949197605     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0193-z     Document Type: Article

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