Evolution and dynamics of the Cenozoic tectonics of the South Balkan extensional system

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 919-938

  Burchfiel, B C ^a   Nakov, R ^b   Dumurdzanov, N ^c   Papanikolaou, D ^d   Tzankov, T ^e   Serafimovski, T ^c   King, R W ^a   Kotzev, V ^f   Todosov, A ^f   Nurce, B ^g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e SOUTH WEST UNIVERSITY NEOFIT RILSKI   (Bulgaria)

^f Construct Engineering Faculty ^*  (Macedonia)

^g Department of Geodesy   (Albania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMATISM; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE CONVERGENCE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; ASIA; BALKAN; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IZMIR [TURKEY]; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 57249112580     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00169.1     Document Type: Article

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