Initial crustal thickness geometry controls on the extension in a back arc domain: Case of the Gulf of Corinth

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Le Pourhiet, Laetitia ^a,b   Burov, Evgenii ^b   Moretti, Isabelle ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Back arc extension; Greece; Gulf of Corinth; Rifting; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH;

EID: 0345098566     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001433     Document Type: Article

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