From mantle to crust: Stretching the Mediterranean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 198-209

  Jolivet, Laurent ^a   Faccenna, Claudio ^b   Piromallo, Claudia ^c  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aegean; Alboran; backarc extension; Mediterranean; metamorphic core complexes; rollback; seismic anisotropy; slab retreat; stretching lineation; subduction; Tyrrhenian

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN; ALBORAN; BACKARC EXTENSION; MEDITERRANEAN; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES; ROLLBACK; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB RETREAT; STRETCHING LINEATION; SUBDUCTION; TYRRHENIAN;

ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION; LINEATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AEGEAN SEA; ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 67650732069     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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