Precambrian greenstone sequences represent different ophiolite types

Gondwana Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 649-685

  Furnes, H ^a   Dilek, Y ^b,c   De Wit, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ophiolite classification; Precambrian greenstone s; Precambrian plate tectonics; Subduction related ophiolites; Subduction unrelated ophiolites

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; DATA SET; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE; OPHIOLITE; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 84919616697     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.06.004     Document Type: Review

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