New data on the age of the Simoni Melange, Northern Mirdita Ophiolite Nappe, Albania

Ofioliti

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Chiari, Marco ^a   Bortolotti, Valerio ^b   Marcucci, Marta ^a,b   Principi, Gianfranco ^a,b  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albania; Biostratigraphy; Kalur cherts; Late jurassic; Mirdita ophiolite nappe; Radiolarian; Simoni m lange

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; MELANGE; NAPPE; OPHIOLITE; RADIOLARIA;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49949091349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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