First palaeomagnetic results from the Cycladic Massif, Greece, and their implications for Miocene extension directions and tectonic models in the Aegean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 397-408

  Morris, Antony ^a   Anderson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean sea; Cyclades; Miocene; Paleomagnetism; Rotation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; MIOCENE; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GREECE, MYKONOS; GREECE, NAXOS;

EID: 0030485165     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00114-8     Document Type: Article

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