The Rila-Pastra normal fault and multi-stage extensional unroofing in the Rila Mountains (SW Bulgaria)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Tueckmantel, Christian ^a,b   Schmidt, Silke ^a,c   Neisen, Markus ^a   Georgiev, Neven ^d   Nagel, Thorsten J ^a   Froitzheim, Nikolaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski ^*  (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Alpine orogeny; Extensional tectonics; Mylonite; Rhodope Metamorphic Province; Rila Pastra Normal Fault (RPNF); Southwest Bulgaria

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FOLIATION; MYLONITE; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; UNROOFING;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; RILA MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57849157756     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1287-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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