Mesozoic-Tertiary structural evolution of an extensional gneiss dome - The Kesebir-Kardamos dome, eastern Rhodope (Bulgaria-Greece)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 318-340

  Bonev, Nikolay ^a,c   Burg, Jean Pierre ^b   Ivanov, Zivko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Faculty of Geology and Geography   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Crustal extension; Detachment fault; Ductile strain; Gneiss dome; Rhodope

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; METAMORPHIC ROCK; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; RHODOPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645400188     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0025-y     Document Type: Article

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