On the post-25 Ma geodynamic evolution of the western Mediterranean

Tectonophysics

Volumn 298, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 259-269

  Gueguen, Erwan ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^b   Fernandez, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

'Roll back'; Geodynamic evolution; Marginal basins; Post 25 Ma; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; SUBDUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032582998     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00189-9     Document Type: Article

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