Far-field effects of Late Miocene subduction in the Eastern Carpathians: E-W compression and inversion of structures in the Alpine-Carpathian-Pannonian region

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-56

  Peresson, Herwig ^a   Decker, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; MIOCENE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC INVERSION;

EUROPE, CARPATHIANS, EASTERN CARPATHIANS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

COMPRESSION DIRECTIONS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; FAR-FIELD EFFECT; LATERAL EXTRUSION; METAMORPHIC DOMES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

EID: 0030879148     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC02730     Document Type: Article

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