Block rotations and continental extension in the central Aegean Sea: palaeomagnetic and structural evidence from Tinos and Mykonos (Cyclades, Greece)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 23-40

  Avigad, Dov ^a,c   Baer, Gidon ^b   Heimann, Ariel ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Geological Survey of   (Israel)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK ARC BASIN; BLOCK ROTATION; CONTINENTAL EXTENSION;

AEGEAN SEA;

EID: 0032522296     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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