Structure and tectonics of lower crustal and upper mantle rocks in the Jurassic Mirdita ophiolites, Albania

International Geology Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 117-141

  Meshi, Avni ^a   Boudier, Françoise ^b   Nicolas, Adolphe ^b   Milushi, Ibrahim ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Albania; Harzburgitic mantle; Lherzolitic mantle; Mantle structures; Melt impregnation; Ophiolites; Tethyan spreading

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GABBRO; HARZBURGITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; JURASSIC; LHERZOLITE; LIMESTONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PLAGIOCLASE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TETHYS; THRUST FAULT; UPPER MANTLE;

ALBANIA; BALKANS;

EID: 76449096938     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810902823982     Document Type: Article

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