Tectonic setting, origin, and obduction of the Oman ophiolite

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-122

  Searle, Mike ^a   Cox, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; GRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; MID OCEANIC RIDGES; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; SUBDUCTED CONTINENTAL CRUST; TECTONIC SETTINGS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CRETACEOUS; METAMORPHISM; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

OMAN;

EID: 84871502383     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0104:TSOAOO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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