Kinematic links between subduction along the Hellenic trench and extension in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece: A multidisciplinary analysis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 108-120

  Vassilakis, E ^a   Royden, L ^b   Papanikolaou, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; Gulf of Amvrakikos; Gulf of Corinth; Hellenic trench; Kephalonia transform; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GPS; GULF OF AMVRAKIKOS; GULF OF CORINTH; HELLENIC TRENCH; KEPHALONIA TRANSFORM;

REMOTE SENSING;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GPS; KINEMATICS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; REMOTE SENSING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

AMVRAKIKOS GULF; GULF OF CORINTH; HELLENIC TRENCH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79951857287     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.054     Document Type: Article

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