Normal faulting on sifnos and the south Cycladic detachment system, Aegean sea, Greece

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 751-768

  Ring, Uwe ^a   Glodny, Johannes ^b   Will, Thomas M ^c   Thomson, Stuart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; CYCLADES; EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; FISSION TRACK AGES; FORE-ARC BASIN; GREENSCHIST; KINEMATIC INDICATORS; NORMAL FAULTS;

DEFORMATION; RUBIDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS;

KINEMATICS;

DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOLIATION; FOREARC BASIN; KINEMATICS; NORMAL FAULT; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; ZIRCON;

AEGEAN SEA; CRETAN SEA; CYCLADAS; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SIFNOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 79955733096     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-064     Document Type: Article

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