The two-stage opening of the western-central Mediterranean basins: A forward modeling test to a new evolutionary model

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 667-679

  Carminati, E ^a,b   Wortel, M J R ^a   Meijer, P Th ^a   Sabadini, R ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algeria; Balearic islands; Basin evolution; Extensional tectonics; Mediterranean region; Plate tectonics; Slabs; Tertiary; Tyrrhenian; Valencia Trough

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PLATE TECTONICS; TERTIARY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0032448792     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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