Collision tectonics of the Mediterranean region: Causes and consequences

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 409, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-13

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Escape tectonics; Lithospheric delamination; Mantle flow; Mediterranean tectonics; Postcollisional magmatism; Slab break off

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; DEFORMATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; LITHOSPHERIC DELAMINATIONS; MANTLE FLOW; POST-COLLISIONAL MAGMATISM; SLAB BREAK-OFF;

FAULT SLIPS;

AFRICAN PLATE; ARABIAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EURASIAN PLATE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GONDWANA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ALPS; ANATOLIA; APENNINES; CARPATHIANS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUGLIA; TURKEY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 73949122316     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2409(01)     Document Type: Article

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