Episodic back-arc extension during restricted mantle convection in the Central Mediterranean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 105-116

  Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Funiciello, Francesca ^a,b   Giardini, Domenico ^b   Lucente, Pio ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ING   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back arc basins; Laboratory studies; Mediterranean region; Subduction; Tomography

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0035009204     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00280-1     Document Type: Article

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