Strymon and Strymonikos Gulf basins (Northern Greece): Implications on their formation and evolution from faulting

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-305

  Tranos, Markos D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fault kinematics; Late stage collision; Stress tensors; Transpressional s.l. tectonics; Wrench tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EURASIAN PLATE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NEOGENE; NORMAL FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRUMA BASIN; STRYMONIC GULF;

EID: 79451470874     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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