Ophiolites and oceanic crust: new insights from field studies and the Ocean Drilling Program

Yildirim Dilek; Eldridge M. Moores; Don Elthon; Adolphe Nicolas

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Ophiolites and oceanic crust: new insights from field studies and the Ocean Drilling Program

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Yildirim Dilek

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Eldridge M. Moores

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Don Elthon

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Adolphe Nicolas

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Geological Society of America

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349

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE349

Geological Society of America

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9780813723495

Publication date:

January 01, 2000

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