Dextral rotations and tectonomagmatic evolution of the southern Rhodope and adjacent regions (Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 159-173

  Dimitriadis, S ^a   Kondopoulou, D ^a   Atzemoglou, A ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b IGME   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; North Aegean; Palaeomagnetism; Rhodope; Serbomacedonian; Tertiary rotations

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; MAGMATISM; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

GREECE;

EID: 0032553812     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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