Evidence for a lost ocean in Variscan terranes of the western Massif Central, France

Tectonics and plate tectonics model for the Variscan belt of Europe

Philippe Matte · Tectonophysics · 1986 · 789 citations

Geophysics, Plate Tectonics, Engineering +10

The mutual solubility of coexisting ortho- and clinopyroxene: toward an absolute geothermometer for the natural system?

Philippe Bertrand, Jean‐Claude C. Mercier · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1985 · 292 citations

Engineering, Physics, Physicochemical Analysis +10

Ultramafic and gabbroic ocean floor of the Ligurian Tethys (Alps, Corsica, Apennines): In search of a genetic imodel

Marcel Lemoine, Pierre Tricart, G. Boillot · Geology · 1987 · 284 citations

Engineering, Paleoceanography, Tunisia Search +16

The Xigaze ophiolite (Tibet): a peculiar oceanic lithosphere

A. Nicolas, J. Girardeau, J. Marcoux et al. · Nature · 1981 · 253 citations

Engineering, Xigaze Ophiolite, India-asia Collision +4

Harzburgite and lherzolite subtypes in ophiolitic and oceanic environments

Françoise Boudier, A. Nicolas · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1985 · 228 citations

Engineering, Metamorphic Petrology, Lherzolite Subtypes +5