Evolution and relationships between volcanism and tectonics in the central-eastern part of the Oligocene Borovitsa caldera (Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 269-286

  Dhont, Damien ^a   Yanev, Yotzo ^b   Bardintzeff, Jacques Marie ^c   Chorowicz, Jean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; caldera; Eastern Rhodopes; horse tail; satellite imagery; tectonics; volcanism

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE IMAGERY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

BOROVITSA CALDERA; COLLISION-RELATED PALEOGENE VOLCANISM; HORSE-TAIL; TECTONO-MAGMATIC EVOLUTION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALDERA; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DOME; EMPLACEMENT; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; OLIGOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RADAR IMAGERY; RHYOLITE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TENSILE STRESS; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 41749117720     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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