The Transylvanian basin, transfer zone between coeval extending and contracting regions: Inferences on the relative importance of slab pull and rift push in arc-back arc systems

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 2-1-2-18

  Huismans, Ritske S ^a,b   Bertotti, Giovanni ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arc back arc tectonics; Rift push; Rifting; Slab pull; Subduction; Transylvanian basin

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NEOGENE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRANSYLVANIAN BASIN;

EID: 2442481899     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001tc900026     Document Type: Article

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