The kinematics of back-arc basins, examples from the Tyrrhenian, Aegean and Japan Seas

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 164, Issue , 2000, Pages 21-53

  Jolivet, Laurent ^a,c   Faccenna, Claudio ^b   D'Agostino, Nicola ^b   Fournier, Marc ^c   Worrall, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DELAMINATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; KINEMATICS; PHASE TRANSITION; SLAB; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0034077846     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.164.01.04     Document Type: Article

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