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The Isentobel in Central Switzerland: remnants of the Penninic ocean and a source of inspiration for Gustav Steinmann’s idea of young ophiolites

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Acknowledgements

I thank Lea Kiefer and Thomas Blattmann for fond memories of fieldwork in the Iberg ophiolites and Peter Nievergelt and Daniel Bernoulli for help with thin section interpretation and useful discussions. Helmut Weissert and an anonymous reviewer helped to greatly improve this short contribution.

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Letsch, D. The Isentobel in Central Switzerland: remnants of the Penninic ocean and a source of inspiration for Gustav Steinmann’s idea of young ophiolites. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 106, 1693–1694 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-017-1471-z

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