Kinematics of retreating subduction along the Carpathian arc, Romania

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Linzer, Hans Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CARPATHIANS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ROMANIA; THRUST DIRECTION; VERTICAL POSITIONS; VRANCEA AREA;

KINEMATICS;

DISPLACEMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; THRUST; KINEMATICS; ROLLBACK; SUBDUCTION;

APUSENI MOUNTAINS; CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA; VRANCEA;

EID: 0029750355     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0167:KORSAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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