Ocean plate stratigraphy and its imbrication in an accretionary orogen: The Mona Complex, Anglesey-Lleyn, Wales, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 338, Issue , 2010, Pages 55-75

  Maruyama, S ^a   Kawai, T ^a   Windley, B F ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BLUESCHIST; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; IMBRICATION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OLISTOSTROME; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SEAFLOOR; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE;

GWYNEDD; ISLE OF ANGLESEY; LLEYN PENINSULA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79960952420     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP338.4     Document Type: Article

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