Mesozoic-early Tertiary passive margin evolution of the Pindos ocean (NW Peloponnese, Greece)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 33-70

  Degnan, P J ^a   Robertson, A H F ^b  

^a UK Nirex Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greece; Mesozoic: Neotethys; Passive margin; Pindos ocean

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC BASIN; PASSIVE MARGIN EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT SUCCESSION; TETHYS;

GREECE, PELOPONNESE;

EID: 0031846002     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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