Ductile extension and the formation of the Aegean Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 156, Issue , 1999, Pages 427-456

  Jolivet, L ^a   Patriat, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033369640     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.20     Document Type: Article

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