Rifting through a heterogeneous crust: Insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Corinth

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 253, Issue , 2006, Pages 213-231

  Mattioni, Luca ^a,c   Le Pourhiet, L ^a,b   Moretti, I ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; CRUST; RIFTING;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33646390664     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.11     Document Type: Article

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