Petrological and geochemical constraints on the origin of the Nehbandan ophiolitic complex (eastern Iran): Implication for the evolution of the Sistan Ocean

Lithos

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 209-228

  Saccani, Emilio ^a   Delavari, Morteza ^b   Beccaluva, Luigi ^a   Amini, Sadraddin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; MORB; Ophiolite; Sistan suture zone; Supra subduction zone

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; GEODYNAMICS; HARZBURGITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELANGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

IRAN;

EID: 77952671896     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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