Structures of Ophiolites and Dynamics of Oceanic Lithosphere

By A. Nicolas and Adolphe Nicolas

Book Overview

1.1. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPHIOLITE CONCEPT. Ophiolite, Greek for 'the snake stone', appears to have received its first written definition by Brongniart (1813) as a serpentine matrix... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401075697
• ISBN13: 9789401075695
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"