The extensional Messaria shear zone and associated brittle deteachment faults, Aegean Sea, Greece

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 701-721

  Kumerics, Christine ^a   Ring, Uwe ^a,e   Brichau, Stéphanie ^a,b   Glodny, Johannes ^c   Monié, Patrick ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Ductile flow; Exhumation; Extension; Greece

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 21444454935     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-041     Document Type: Article

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