Neogene evolution of the Aegean arc: Paleomagnetic and geodetic evidence for a rapid and young rotation phase

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 509-525

  Duermeijer, C E ^a   Nyst, M ^a   Meijer, P T ^a   Langereis, C G ^a   Spakman, W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aegean Islands; Geodesy; Neogene; Paleomagnetism; Rotation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; GEODESY; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONICS;

GREECE;

EID: 0034732170     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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