Late-Pliocene timing of Corinth (Greece) rift-margin fault migration

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 132-141

  Leeder, M R ^a   Mack, G H ^b   Brasier, A T ^a   Parrish, R R ^c   McIntosh, W C ^d   Andrews, J E ^a   Duermeijer, C E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corinth rift; extension rates; fault propagation; Megara basin

Indexed keywords

CORINTH RIFT; EXTENSION RATES; FAULT MIGRATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; MEGARA BASIN;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT PROPAGATION; GEODESY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; RIFTING; SANIDINE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ATTICA; CORINTH [PELOPONNISOS]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEGARA; PELOPONNISOS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51249101914     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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