Geological evolution of the iti and kallidromon mountains (Central Greece), focused on the ophiolitic outcrops

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 549-563

  Karipi, Sofia ^a   Tsikouras, Basilios ^a   Pomonis, Panagiotis ^a   Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Iti; Kallidromon; M lange; Ophiolite; Peridotite

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951670159     PISSN: 18601804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2008/0159-0549     Document Type: Article

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