Where did Gustav Steinmann see the trinity? Back to the roots of an Alpine ophiolite concept

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 373, Issue , 2003, Pages 93-110

  Bernoulli, Daniel ^a,b   Manatschal, Gianreto ^c   Desmurs, Laurent ^d   Müntener, Othmar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Ocean continent transition; Ophiolites; Steinmann trinity; Tethys

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; LIME; LIMESTONE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALPS; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OPHIOLITES; STEINMANN TRINITY; TETHYS;

SEDIMENTS;

CRETACEOUS; DIABASE; JURASSIC; MAGMA; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OPHIOLITE; PASSIVE MARGIN; RADIOLARITE; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINE; TETHYS;

OMAN;

EID: 84870984417     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2373-6.93     Document Type: Article

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