Post-orogenic uplift-induced extension: A kinematic model for the Pliocene to Recent tectonic evolution of the Eastern Carpathians (Romania)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 315-327

  Gîrbacea, Radu ^a,b   Frisch, Wolfgang ^a   Linzer, Hans Gert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rohol Aufsuchungs AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brasov Gheorghieni basins; Eastern Carpathians; Extension; Pliocene; Post orogenic uplift; Recent; Shortening

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; NEOTECTONICS; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ROMANIA;

EID: 17044460963     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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