The Mediterranean as a slowly nascent ocean

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 451-482

  Scalera, Giancarlo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TETHYS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33749650911     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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