The ophiolite-bearing mélange in the early tertiary pindos flysch of etolia (Central Greece)

Ofioliti

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-94

  Bortolotti, Valerio ^a   Carras, Nicola ^b   Chiari, Marco ^c   Fazzuoli, Milvio ^a   Marcucci, Marta ^a   Nirta, Giuseppe ^a   Principi, Gianfranco ^a,c   Saccani, Emilio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^c SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basalt; Eocene. etolia; Greece; Jurassic; Ophiolitic m lange; Petrology; Pindos flysch; Radiolarians; Rhyolite; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; EOCENE; FLYSCH; JURASSIC; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; OUTCROP; PETROLOGY; RADIOLARIA; RHYOLITE; TERTIARY;

ALPS; CENTRAL GREECE; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; GREECE;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 77951672780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 03912612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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