Where ophiolites come from and what they tell us

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 373, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-152

  Nicolas, Adolphe ^a   Boudier, Françoise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Mantle tectonics; Oceanic lithosphere; Ophiolites; Spreading rate

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SPREADING RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; OMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84862285757     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2373-6.137     Document Type: Article

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