Identification of a mantle unit in ophiolites: A major step in the evolution of the ophiolite concept

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 373, Issue , 2003, Pages 31-53

  Juteau, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Mantle sequence; Oceanic crust; Oceanic ridges; Ophiolites

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASTIC DEFORMATION; MANTLE SEQUENCE; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC RIDGES; OPHIOLITES; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAGMATISM; OPHIOLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL ALTERATION;

EID: 84866155907     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2373-6.31     Document Type: Article

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