Sequential development of interfering metamorphic core complexes: numerical experiments and comparison with the Cyclades, Greece

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 311, Issue , 2009, Pages 257-292

  Tirel, C ^a   Gautier, P ^b   Van Hinsbergen, D J J ^a   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; EXHUMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE PROCESS; MOHO; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GREECE;

EID: 72049108677     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP311.10     Document Type: Article

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