Accretion tectonics of the Neotethyan Ermioni Complex, Peloponessos, Greece

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 745-757

  Clift, Peter D ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Illite; Metamorphism; Plate collision; Tethys

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRETACEOUS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; TETHYS;

GREECE, PELOPONESSOS, ARGOLIS PENINSULA;

EID: 0030452473     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.5.0745     Document Type: Article

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