Back arc extension, tectonic inheritance, and volcanism in the Ligurian Sea, Western Mediterranean

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 6-1-6-23

  Rollet, Nadège ^a   Déverchère, Jacques ^a   Beslier, Marie Odile ^a   Guennoc, Pol ^b   Réhault, Jean Pierre ^c   Sosson, Marc ^a   Truffert, Catherine ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Back arc extension; Mediterranean sea; Passive margins; Rollback; Subduction; Tectonic inheritance

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036625236     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC900027     Document Type: Article

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