The evolution of ideas for the origin and emplacement of the western Hellenic ophiolites

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 373, Issue , 2003, Pages 337-350

  Smith, A G ^a   Rassios, A ^b  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Geological and Mineral Exploration   (Greece)

Author keywords

Emplacement; Greece; Models; Ophiolites; Supra subduction zone

Indexed keywords

MAGNESITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MODELS; SERPENTINE; SUBMARINES; TECTONICS;

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; EMPLACEMENT; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; GREECE; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIABASE; JURASSIC; OCEAN BASIN; OPHIOLITE; SERPENTINE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE; TRIASSIC;

ALBANIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREECE; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; VOURINOS; WESTERN MACEDONIA; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

EID: 84870984599     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2373-6.337     Document Type: Article

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