Timing, slip rate, displacement and cooling history of the Mykonos detachment footwall, Cyclades, Greece, and implications for the opening of the Aegean Sea basin

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 263-277

  Brichau, Stéphanie ^a   Ring, Uwe ^b   Carter, Andrew ^a   Bolhar, Robert ^b   Monié, Patrick ^c   Stockli, Daniel ^d   Brunel, Maurice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; COOLING; DISPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; SLIP RATE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 38949121614     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-145     Document Type: Article

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