Thermotectonic evolution of an extensional dome: The Cenozoic Osogovo-Lisets core complex (Kraishte zone, western Bulgaria)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1008-1024

  Kounov, A ^a,c   Seward, D ^a   Bernoulli, D ^a   Burg, Jean Pierre ^a   Ivanov, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Core complex; Extension; Fission track; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HEAT TRANSFER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BULGARIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10044293072     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-004-0435-2     Document Type: Article

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