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Shear zones, thrusts and related magmatism in the Oman ophiolite: Initiation of thrusting on an oceanic ridge

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Published1988
Citations284
References60

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1981 • 298 citations

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1986 • 286 citations

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1981 • 211 citations

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Mantle flow patterns at an oceanic spreading centre: The Oman peridotites record

1988 • 187 citations

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1988 • 173 citations

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1988 • 137 citations

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Kinematics of oceanic thrusting in the Oman ophiolite: model of plate convergence

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1988 • 104 citations

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1980 • 91 citations

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1987 • 34 citations

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1984 • 34 citations

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1980 • 33 citations

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1980 • 26 citations

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1981 • 25 citations

Mylonitic ductile shear zones within tectonites and cumulates as evidence for an oceanic transform fault in the Antalya ophiolite, S.W. Turkey

1984 • 24 citations

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1983 • 12 citations

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