Exhumation of high-pressure rocks under continuous compression: A working hypothesis for the southern Hellenides (central Crete, Greece)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 859-876

  Chatzaras, V ^a   Xypolias, P ^a   Doutos, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Compression tectonics; Crete; Exhumation; Hellenides; High pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FAULT SLIPS; ROCKS;

CRETE; EXHUMATION; FAULT-SLIP DATUM; GRAVITY SLIDING; HELLENIDES; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; HIGH-PRESSURE ROCKS; OROGENIC COLLAPSE;

PILES;

COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; FOLDING; IMBRICATION; METAMORPHISM; SHEAR; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION; THRUST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HELLENIDES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751019454     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002585     Document Type: Article

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