Faulting of Lemnos Island; a mirror of faulting of the North Aegean Trough (Northern Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 467, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 72-88

  Tranos, Markos D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Back arc extension; Fault kinematics; Lateral extrusion; Stress regime; Transpression

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC EXTENSION; FAULT KINEMATICS; LATERAL EXTRUSION; STRESS REGIME; TRANSPRESSION;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; KINEMATICS; MINERALS; SHRINKAGE; TECTONICS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

BACKARC BASIN; DEFORMATION; FAULT PLANE; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; LINEATION; MIOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LEMNOS; LESBOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 61349142551     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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