Late palaeozoic-early mesozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the phyllite-quartzite unit, eastern crete (Greece): An extensional, rift-related setting for the southern margin of tethys in the eastern mediterranean region

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-374

  Robertson, Alastair H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 69349085590     PISSN: 18601804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2008/0159-0351     Document Type: Article

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