Contemporary kinematics of the southern Aegean and the Mediterranean Ridge

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1377-1392

  Kreemer, Corné ^a   Chamot Rooke, Nicolas ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean; Crustal deformation; Global Positioning System (GPS); Mediterranean ridge; Plate convergence; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; KINEMATICS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 3142714545     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02270.x     Document Type: Article

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