Extension and exhumation of the hellenic forearc ridge in kythera

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 640-651

  Marsellos, A E ^a   Kidd, W S F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; MAPPING; MIOCENE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 57649195955     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591995     Document Type: Article

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