New geochemical and age data on the ophiolites from the Othrys area (Greece): Implication for the triassic evolution of the Vardar Ocean

Ofioliti

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-151

  Bortolotti, Valerio ^a   Chiari, Marco ^b   Marcucci, Marta ^a   Photiades, Adonis ^c   Principi, Gianfranco ^a   Saccani, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Basalt geochemistry; Greece; Hellenides; Jurassic; Radiolaria; Triassic

Indexed keywords

AGE; BATHONIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALLOVIAN; CARNIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NAPPE; NORIAN; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OPHIOLITE; RADIOLARIA; TECTONICS; THOLEIITE; THRUST; TRIASSIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HELLENIDES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANISIA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 67650607422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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