The Eastern Carpathians "ophiolites" (Romania): Remnants of a Triassic ocean

Lithos

Volumn 108, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 151-171

  Hoeck, Volker ^a,b   Ionescu, Corina ^a,b   Balintoni, Ioan ^b   Koller, Friedrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eastern Carpathians; Jurassic; Meliata Hallstatt Ocean; Ophiolite; Romania; Southern Apuseni Mountains; Triassic; Vardar Ocean

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANDESITE; BASALT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; FLYSCH; HARZBURGITE; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; LHERZOLITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TRIASSIC;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 59849092278     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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