Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9462061 | Comptes Rendus Geoscience | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The Jurassic N-MORB ophiolites of the Pineto Unit, which were unaffected by Alpine metamorphism, can be compared to the Apennine ophiolites. They are, however, distinguished by their cover rocks that include a silico-clastic flysch that we have dated as Albian-Cenomanian. Clastic deposits of the same type, but coarser grained, are known from the normal cover rocks of the Balagne Nappe E-MORB ophiolites, originally located on a thinned continental crust and/or near a continental margin. The Pineto Unit thus indicates that the detrital input of continental material was able to extend to a domain of clearly oceanic character in the Ligurian palaeo-ocean. To cite this article: M. Durand-Delga et al., C. R. Geoscience 337 (2005).
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Authors
Michel Durand-Delga, Marie-José Fondecave-Wallez, Philippe Rossi,