Timing of Late Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene tectonic events in Rhodes (Greece) inferred from magneto-biostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar dating of a volcaniclastic layer

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 281-291

  Cornée, Jean Jacques ^a   Münch, Philippe ^b   Quillévéré, Frédéric ^a   Moissette, Pierre ^a   Vasiliev, Iuliana ^c   Krijgsman, Wout ^c   Verati, Chrystèle ^d   Lécuyer, Christophe ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Greece; Mediterranean Sea; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Rhodes

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ARGON; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLATE MOTION; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHODES; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33749134427     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.045     Document Type: Article

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