Tectonometamorphic evolution of the ophiolitic sequences from Northern Calabrian Arc

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 483-493

  Liberi, Francesca ^a   Piluso, Eugenio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calabrian Arc; HP LT metamorphism; Jurassic tethys; Ophiolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350441299     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2009.128.2.483     Document Type: Article

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