Overview of the Late Tertiary–Recent tectonic and palaeo‐environmental development of the Mediterranean region

Terra Nova

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 114-127

  Robertson, A H F ^a   Grasso, M ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geophysics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b dell'Univ di Catania   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; CAINOZOIC; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; OCEAN BASIN CLOSURE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; QUATERNARY; RECENT; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS; TERTIARY; TERTIARY (LATE);

CYPRUS; EUROPE, (SOUTHERN); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0028848703     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1995.tb00680.x     Document Type: Article

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