Gabbro, plagiogranite and associated dykes in the supra-subduction zone Evros Ophiolites, NE Greece

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-91

  Bonev, Nikolay ^a   Stampfli, Gérard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evros ophiolites; Greece; Isotropic gabbro; Plagiogranite; Tholeiitic boninitic dykes

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; GEOCHEMISTRY; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SILICA; TANTALUM ALLOYS; TECTONICS; TEXTURES; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EVROS OPHIOLITES; GREECE; ISOTROPIC GABBRO; PLAGIOGRANITE; THOLEIITIC-BONINITIC DYKES;

MINERALS;

ALPINE OROGENY; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOGRANITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

BULGARIA; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 65849139289     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808005396     Document Type: Article

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