Root zone of the sheeted dike complex in the Oman ophiolite

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Nicolas, Adolphe ^a   Boudier, Françoise ^a   Koepke, Jurgen ^b   France, Lydéric ^a   Ildefonse, Benoît ^a   Mevel, Catherine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fast spreading ridges; HT hydrothermalism; Lid gabbros transition; Oman ophiolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449088292     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001918     Document Type: Article

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