Development of the ideas on the origin of Albanian ophiolites

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 373, Issue , 2003, Pages 351-363

  Shallo, Minella ^a   Dilek, Yildirim ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albanian geology; Dinarides Hellenides; Jurassic oceanic crust; MORB vs. suprasubduction zone ophiolites; Neo Tethys; Paired ophiolite belts; Pindos Mirdita ocean basin

Indexed keywords

FIXED PLATFORMS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ALBANIANS; DINARIDES; NEO-TETHYS; OCEAN BASINS; OCEANIC CRUST; SUPRASUBDUCTION ZONE;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CARBONATE; DIKE; HARZBURGITE; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; SEAFLOOR; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE; TETHYS; UPPER MANTLE;

ALBANIA; MIRDITA;

EID: 84871000836     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2373-6.351     Document Type: Article

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