Evidence of early Palaeozoic continental rifting from mafic metavolcanics of Southern Peloritani Mountains (north-eastern Sicily, Italy)

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Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-25

  Cirrincione, Rosolino ^a   Fiannacca, Patrizia ^b   Giudice, Antonino Lo ^b   Pezzino, Antonino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cambro ordovician; Continental break up; Metabasites; P MORB affinity; Peloritani mountain belt

Indexed keywords

MELIA;

EID: 67650642114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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