Strain development and kinematic significance of the Alpine folding on Andros (western Cyclades, Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 248-255

  Ziv, A ^a   Katzir, Y ^a   Avigad, D ^b   Garfunkel, Z ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpine orogenesis; Cycladic blueschist; Extensional tectonics; Slab rollback

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHISTS; CYCLADES; EARLY MIOCENE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FINITE STRAIN; GENERAL TRENDS; GREENSCHIST; NON-TRIVIAL; STRAIN DEVELOPMENT; STRETCHING LINEATIONS;

KINEMATICS; TOOLS;

TECTONICS;

ALPINE OROGENY; BLUESCHIST FACIES; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; GLAUCOPHANE; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHISM; STRAIN;

CYCLADAS; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 77953807576     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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