Neogene backarc volcanism of the Aegean: New insights into the relationship between magmatism and tectonics

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 418, Issue , 2007, Pages 17-31

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Piper, David J W ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basin subsidence; Fault; Greece; Mantle tomography; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE FAULT; GREECE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; SUBDUCTING SLABS; TECTONIC FEATURES; VOLCANISM;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACTIVE FAULT; BACKARC BASIN; BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; NEOGENE; PETROGENESIS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 54249152544     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2418(02)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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