A late Pleistocene clockwise rotation phase of Zakynthos (Greece) and implications for the evolution of the western Aegean arc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-331

  Duermeijer, C E ^a   Krijgsman, W ^a   Langereis, C G ^a   Meulenkamp, J E ^a   Triantaphyllou, M V ^b   Zachariasse, W J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Islands; Mediterranean region; Neogene; Palaeomagnetism; Rotation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

GREECE;

EID: 0033619585     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00226-5     Document Type: Article

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