Emplacement of the Miocene west Naxos pluton (Aegean Sea, Greece): A structural study

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-61

  Koukouvelas, Ioannis K ^a   Kokkalas, Sotirios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Faults; Greece; Naxos; Plutons; Strain; Transpression

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; MICA; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY;

DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; GREECE; NAXOS; PLUTONS; SOLID-STATE STRUCTURES; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION;

EMPLACEMENT; FAULTING; MIOCENE; PLUTON; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

AEGEAN SEA; CYCLADES; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NAXOS;

EID: 0037234927     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756802007094     Document Type: Article

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