Ophiolites in ocean-continent transitions: From the Steinmann Trinity to sea-floor spreading

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 363-381

  Bernoulli, Daniel ^a   Jenkyns, Hugh C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alps; Geosyncline; Ocean continent transition; Ophiolites; Sea floor spreading; Steinmann Trinity; Uniformitarian models

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOSYNCLINE; MODELING; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

MIRABILIS;

EID: 65849272223     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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