Timing, kinematics and cause of Aegean extension: A scenario based on a comparison with simple analogue experiments

Tectonophysics

Volumn 315, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 31-72

  Gautier, Pierre ^a   Brun, Jean Pierre ^a   Moriceau, Richard ^a   Sokoutis, Dimitrios ^b   Martinod, Joseph ^c   Jolivet, Laurent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean; Analogue experiments; Extension; Extrusion; Gravity spreading

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033364518     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00281-4     Document Type: Article

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