Synthesis of the tectonic-sedimentary evolution of the Mesozoic-Early Cenozoic Pindos ocean: Evidence from the NW Peloponnese, Greece

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 260, Issue , 2006, Pages 467-491

  Degnan, Paul J ^a   Robertson, Alastair H F ^b  

^a UK Nirex Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CENOZOIC; MESOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PELOPONNESE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748479511     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.260.01.19     Document Type: Article

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