Geochemistry and tectonic setting of mafic rocks from the Othris Ophiolite, Greece

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-40

  Barth, Matthias G ^a   Gluhak, Tatjana M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basalt; Hellenides; Jurassic; Magma genesis; Ophiolite; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HELLENIDES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 56349094257     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0318-9     Document Type: Article

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