Kinematics of Jurassic ultra-slow spreading in the piemonte Ligurian ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 380, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-150

  Vissers, Reinoud L M ^a   Van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^a   Meijer, Paul Th ^a   Piccardo, Giovanni B ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria; Alps; Apennines; Iberia; Mediterranean; Plate kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADRIA; ALPS; APENNINES; IBERIA; MEDITERRANEAN; PLATE-KINEMATICS;

KINEMATICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AFRICAN PLATE; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ZONE; JURASSIC; KINEMATICS; MAGMA; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SPREADING CENTER;

ALPS; APENNINES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY;

EID: 84884148191     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.033     Document Type: Article

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