Present-day microplate kinematics in the Black Sea-South Caspian Region

Oceanology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 564-573

  Kaz'min, V G ^a   Lobkovskii, L I ^a   Pustovitenko, B G ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EURASIAN PLATE; KINEMATICS; MICROPLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BLACK SEA; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 4544236228     PISSN: 00014370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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