Tectonic history of the Western Tethys since the Late Triassic

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 89-105

  Schettino, Antonio ^a   Turco, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGINS; BACK-ARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; CENTRAL ATLANTIC; COMPOSITE FRAGMENTS; EARLY CRETACEOUS; EARLY JURASSIC; EULER POLES; EULER ROTATION; EURASIA; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE TRIASSIC; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROPLATES; PALEO-TETHYS; PLATE KINEMATICS; PLATE MOTIONS; PLATE RECONSTRUCTION; RIFT ZONES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC HISTORY; TIME INTERVAL;

PHASE INTERFACES; TECTONICS;

KINEMATICS;

BACKARC BASIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; KINEMATICS; MICROPLATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANGAEA; PLATE MOTION; RIFT ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA;

EID: 79251488785     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30064.1     Document Type: Article

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