The Ionian Abyssal Plain (central Mediterranean Sea): Morphology, subbottom structures and geodynamic history - An inventory

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 279-310

  Hieke, Werner ^a   Hirschleber, H B ^b   Dehghani, G A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionian Abyssal Plain; Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex; Messinian evaporites; Tensional tectonics; Thinned continental crust

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN STRUCTURES; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBBOTTOM STRUCTURES; TENSIONAL TECTONICS; THINNED CONTINENTAL CRUST;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; EVAPORITE; MESSINIAN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23944456677     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-004-2173-z     Document Type: Article

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