Facies architecture of a Triassic rift-related Silicic Volcano-Sedimentary succession in the Tethyan realm, Peonias subzone, Vardar (Axios) Zone, northern Greece; Regional implications

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 245-269

  Asvesta, Argyro ^a   Dimitriadis, Sarantis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accretionary lapilli; Partly extrusive dome; Peperites; Rhyolitic lava flows; Shallow marine volcanism; Triassic rifting; Vardar Ophiolites

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY LAPILLI; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CRUSTAL ELEMENTS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; GREENSCHIST; K-FELDSPAR; LAVA FLOWS; MAGMATISMS; NORTHERN GREECE; OCEANIC BASIN; PALEOZOIC; RHYOLITIC; RHYOLITIC LAVAS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SHALLOW MARINE; SILICIC VOLCANISM; SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENT; TRIASSIC; TRIASSIC RIFTING; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

ARCHITECTURE; BOSONS; DEBRIS; DOMES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FELDSPAR; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SUBMARINES; VOLCANOES;

CARBONATION;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LAVA FLOW; OCEAN BASIN; OPHIOLITE; PEPERITE; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; TRIASSIC;

GREECE;

EID: 77953612900     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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