A first coincident normal-incidence and wide-angle approach to studying the extending Aegean crust

Tectonophysics

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 301-312

  Sachpazi, M ^a,b   Hirn, A ^a   Nercessian, A ^a   Avedik, F ^c   Mc Bride, J ^e   Loucoyannakis, M ^d   Nicolich, R ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d Public Petroleum Corporation   (Greece)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Crustal structure; Extension; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

AEGEAN SEA;

EID: 0030810544     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00160-6     Document Type: Article

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