Back arc extension and denudation of Mediterranean eclogites

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 924-941

  Avigad, Dov ^a,d   Garfunkel, Zvi ^a   Jolivet, Laurent ^b   Azañón, José M ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK ARC; DENUDATION; ECLOGITE; EXTENSION; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN;

FAULTING; PILES; ROCKS;

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; BACK-ARC EXTENSIONS; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPRESSION; LOWER PRESSURES; MOUNTAIN BELTS; STRUCTURAL LEVELS; THRUST FAULTING; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

EID: 0031392341     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC02003     Document Type: Article

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