Structural analysis of a complex nappe sequence and late-orogenic basins from the Aegean Island of Samos, Greece

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1575-1601

  Ring, Uwe ^a   Laws, Susanne ^a   Bernet, Matthias ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

NAPPE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

GREECE;

EID: 0033378766     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00108-X     Document Type: Article

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