New radiolarian biostratigraphic age constraints on Middle Triassic basalts and radiolarites from the Inner Hellenides (Northern Pindos and Othris Mountains, Northern Greece) and their implications for the geodynamic evolution of the early Mesozoic Neotethys

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1487-1501

  Ozsvárt, Péter ^a   Dosztály, Lajos ^d   Migiros, Georgios ^b   Tselepidis, Vassilis ^c   Kovács, Sándor ^e  

^a Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Basalts; Greece; Hellenides; Radiolarians; Radiolarites; Triassic

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BASALT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; GEODYNAMICS; MELANGE; OCEAN BASIN; OPHIOLITE; RADIOLARIA; RADIOLARITE; TRIASSIC;

GREECE; PINDUS MOUNTAINS;

ANISIA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 84865682406     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0628-9     Document Type: Article

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