Detachment faults in the Aegean core complex of Ios, Cyclades, Greece

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 154, Issue , 1999, Pages 305-323

  Forster, M A ^a   Lister, G S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; TECTONICS;

GREECE;

EID: 0033372050     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.14     Document Type: Article

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