Africa-Eurasia kinematics control of long-wavelength tectonic deformation in the Central Mediterranean

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 742-754

  Marotta, Anna Maria ^a   Sabadini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental margins: Convergent; Intra plate processes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EIGENVALUE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; KINEMATICS; MODELING; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRAIN RATE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 54849421121     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03906.x     Document Type: Article

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