Miocene siliciclastic deposits of Naxos Island: Geodynamic and environmental implications for the evolution of the southern Aegean Sea (Greece)

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-65

  Kuhlemann, J ^a   Frisch, W ^a   Dunkl, I ^a   Kazmer M ^b   Schmiedl, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aegean; Age provenance; Cyclicity; Extension; Fission track

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEODYNAMICS; LIME; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

AEGEAN; AGE PROVENANCE; CYCLICITY; EXTENSION; FISSION TRACK;

FISSION REACTIONS;

CYCLICITY; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEODYNAMICS; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AEGEAN SEA; CYCLADES; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NAXOS [CYCLADES]; NAXOS [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 73949103179     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2378-7.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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