Ancient oceans and continental margins of the Alpine-Mediterranean Tethys: deciphering clues from Mesozoic pelagic sediments and ophiolites
In contrast to Northern Europe where, in the 19th Century, a coherent lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy was established, many of the 'odd rocks of mountain belts' (as christened by Alfred G. Fischer) of the Alpine-Mediterranean region defied an easy interpretation in terms of the simpl...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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