Vertical ductile thinning and its contribution to the exhumation of high-pressure rocks: The Cycladic blueschist unit in the Aegean

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1019-1030

  Ring, Uwe ^a   Kumerics, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXHUMATION; HIGH PRESSURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; STRAIN RATE;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

EID: 65449159406     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-010     Document Type: Article

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