Geodynamic evolution of the Aegean: Constraints from the Plio-Pleistocene volcanism of the Volos-Evia area

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-489

  Innocenti, F ^a,b   Agostini, S ^b   Doglioni, C ^c   Manetti, P ^b,d   Tonarini, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL ARC; DOME; GEODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA FLOW; MANTLE SOURCE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANISM;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ANATOLIA; CENTRAL GREECE; EUBOEA; GREECE; MAGNESIA; THESSALY; TURKEY; VOLOS;

EID: 77951893906     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-149     Document Type: Article

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