Vorticity of flow in ductile thrust zones: Examples from the Attico-Cycladic Massif (Internal Hellenides, Greece)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 687-714

  Xypolias, P ^a   Spanos, D ^a   Chatzaras, V ^a   Kokkalas, S ^a   Koukouvelas, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; NAPPE; PETROFABRIC; ROCK MECHANICS; STRAIN; THRUST;

CENTRAL GREECE; EUBOEA; GREECE; HELLENIDES;

EID: 77956018546     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.28     Document Type: Article

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