Formation of basins and mountain ranges in Attica (Greece): The role of Miocene to Recent low-angle normal detachment faults

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 81-104

  Krohe, Alexander ^a   Mposkos, Evripidis ^b   Diamantopoulos, Anastasios ^b   Kaouras, Georgios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

continental deformation; extension tectonics; Hellenides; Mediterranean Sea; Neogene; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; UPLIFT;

ATTICA; GREECE; HELLENIDES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 75449119455     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.005     Document Type: Review

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