Comparison among the albanian and greek Ophiolites: in search of constraints for the evolution of the Mesozoic Ttethys ocean

Ofioliti

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-35

  Bortolotti, Valerio ^a   Chiari, Marco ^a   Marcucci, Marta ^b   Marroni, Michele ^a,c   Pandolfi, Luca ^a,c   Principi, Gianfranco ^a,b   Saccani, Emilio ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albania; Argolis; Greece; Koziakas; m lange; Mirdita; MOR; obduction; Ophiolites; Othris; Pindos; SSZ; subduction; Vourinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650638825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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