Petrography and geochemistry of the late Eocene - Early Oligocene submarine fans and shelf deposits on lemnos island, NE Greece. implications for provenance and tectonic setting

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-433

  Maravelis, A ^a   Zelilidis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Greece; Lemnos Island; Provenance; Sandstone petrography; Submarine fans

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EOCENE; FOREARC BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISLAND ARC; MUDSTONE; PALEOCURRENT; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SANDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK; SUBMARINE FAN; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

GREECE; LEMNOS; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 77954388315     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1183     Document Type: Article

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