A comparison of geodetic and finite strain pattern in the Aegean, geodynamic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 95-104

  Jolivet, Laurent ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean sea; Extension; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; STRAIN RATE; SUBSIDENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0035015939     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00277-1     Document Type: Article

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