Suprasubduction zone ophiolites and Archean tectonics

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 431-432

  Dilik, Yildirim ^a   Polat, Ali ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 46149102038     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/Focus052008.1     Document Type: Article

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