Quaternary evolution of the Corinth Rift and its implications for the Late Cenozoic evolution of the Aegean

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-53

  Armijo, R ^a   Meyer, B ^a   King, G C P ^b   Rigo, A ^a   Papanastassiou, D ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; DEFORMATION; GRABEN; MARINE TERRACE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE, CORINTH;

EID: 0030455546     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05264.x     Document Type: Article

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