The Bazar Ophiolite of NW Iberia: A relic of the Iapetus-Tornquist Ocean in the Variscan suture

Terra Nova

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 283-294

  Martínez, Sonia S ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b   Arenas, Ricardo ^a   Abati, Jacobo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PROTOLITH; SUTURE ZONE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84863778217     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2012.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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