On the geodynamics of the Aegean rift

Tectonophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 7-21

  Agostini, Samuele ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^b   Innocenti, Fabrizio ^a,c   Manetti, Piero ^a,d   Tonarini, Sonia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aegean backarc; Cenozoic magmatism; Eastern Mediterranean; Extensional tectonics; Geodynamics; Isotope geochemistry; Petrology

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; CENOZOIC MAGMATISM; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FUZZY CONTROL; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

AFRICAN PLATE; BACKARC BASIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; HANGING WALL; MAGMATISM; MICROPLATE; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE;

EID: 77951925044     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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