Jurassic back-arc and Cretaceous hot-spot series In the Armenian ophiolites - Implications for the obduction process

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 163-187

  Rolland, Yann ^a   Galoyan, Ghazar ^a,b   Bosch, Delphine ^c   Sosson, Marc ^a   Corsini, Michel ^a   Fornari, Michel ^a   Verati, Chrystèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Armenian ophiolite; Back arc; Lesser Caucasus; Nd Sr Pb isotopes; Obduction; Oceanic plateau; Tethys

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CRETACEOUS; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; PILLOW LAVA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

CAUCASUS; EURASIA;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 70349099276     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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