Timing and nature of formation of the ios metamorphic core complex, southern Cyclades, Greece

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 321, Issue , 2009, Pages 139-167

  Thomson, Stuart N ^a   Ring, Uwe ^b   Brichau, Stephanie ^c   Glodny, Johannes ^d   Will, Thomas M ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e Geodynamics and Geomaterials Research Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; ECLOGITE; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PETROLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CYCLADAS; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 74949084363     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP321.7     Document Type: Article

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