Discovery of Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Radiolaria from the sedimentary cover of the Vedi ophiolite (Lesser Caucasus, Armenia)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 327-334

  Danelian, Taniel ^a   Asatryan, Gayané ^a,b   Sosson, Marc ^c   Person, Alain ^a   Sahakyan, Lilit ^b   Galoyan, Ghazar ^b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Institute of Geological Sciences   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Armenia; Lesser Caucasus; Radiolaria; Radiolarites; Vedi ophiolite

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BAJOCIAN; CRETACEOUS; DOMINANCE; KLIPPE; LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; RADIOLARIA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONICS;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EURASIA; VEDI RIVER; WEST ASIA;

CONIACIAN; JAPONICA; NASSELLARIA; STICHOCAPSA;

EID: 49749100404     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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