Eocene to present subduction of southern Adria mantle lithosphere beneath the Dinarides

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-6

  Bennett, Richard A ^a   Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^a   Buble, Goran ^a   Bašić, Tomislav ^b   Bačić, Željko ^c   Marjanović, Marijan ^c   Casale, Gabe ^d   Gendaszek, Andrew ^d   Cowan, Darrel ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Croatian Geodetic Institute   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adria microplate; Continental collision; Crustal deformation; Mountain building

Indexed keywords

ADRIA MICROPLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; EOCENE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEODESY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOADING; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MICROPLATE; NEOGENE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION;

ALPS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38349051428     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24136A.1     Document Type: Article

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