Thermochronometric constraints on the tectonic evolution of the serifos detachment, Aegean Sea, Greece

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-393

  Brichau, Stephanie ^a   Thomson, Stuart ^b   Ring, Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cooling rate; Cycladic islands; Detachment; Fission track dating; Shear zone; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GRANODIORITE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CYCLADAS; GREECE; SERIFOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 77953668266     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-008-0386-0     Document Type: Article

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