Sedimentary geology as a key to understanding the tectonic evolution of the Mesozoic-Early Tertiary Paikon Massif, Vardar suture zone, N Greece

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 179-212

  Brown, Sally A M ^a   Robertson, Alastair H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesozoic Early Tertiary Paikon Massif; Sedimentary geology; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

OCEAN BASIN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

GREECE; PAIKON MASSIF;

EID: 0042623667     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00376-7     Document Type: Article

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