Late Miocene to recent tectonic evolution of Crete (Greece): Geological observations and model analysis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 298, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 191-208

  Ten Veen, J H ^a   Th Meijer, P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crete; Extension; Hellenic Arc; Intra plate stress; Late Miocene; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

GREECE;

EID: 0032583002     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00184-X     Document Type: Article

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