Cenozoic extension in Bulgaria and northern Greece: The northern part of the Aegean extensional regime

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 173, Issue , 2000, Pages 325-352

  Burchfiel, Clark B ^a   Nakov, Radoslav ^b   Tzankov, Tzanko ^b   Royden, Leigh H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BULGARIA; GREECE;

EID: 0034115883     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.173.01.16     Document Type: Article

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