Neogene supradetachment basin development on Crete (Greece) during exhumation of the South Aegean core complex

Basin Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-124

  van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^a,b   Meulenkamp, Johan E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NEOGENE;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644971912     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2005.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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