Structural and geochronological evidence for Paleogene thrusting in the western Rhodopes, SW Bulgaria: Elements for a new tectonic model of the Rhodope Metamorphic Province

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Jahn Awe, Silke ^a   Froitzheim, Nikolaus ^a   Nagel, Thorsten J ^a   Frei, Dirk ^b   Georgiev, Neven ^c   Pleuger, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c University St Kliment Ohridski ^*  (Bulgaria)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOGENE; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

BULGARIA; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77954601601     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002558     Document Type: Article

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