Supra-subduction zone ophiolites: The search for modern analogues

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 373, Issue , 2003, Pages 269-293

  Pearce, Julian A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Marginal basins; Mid ocean ridges; Ophiolites; Subduction zones

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MARGINAL BASINS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OPHIOLITES; SUBDUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VOLCANOGENIC SEDIMENTS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OPHIOLITE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84871099144     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2373-6.269     Document Type: Article

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