Alpine tectonic evolution of a Jurassic subduction-accretionary complex: Deformation, kinematics and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Mesozoic low-grade schists of the Circum-Rhodope Belt in the eastern Rhodope-Thrace region, Bulgaria-Greece

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-167

  Bonev, Nikolay ^a   Stampfli, Gérard ^b  

^a Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski ^*  (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Bulgaria; Circum Rhodope Belt; Eastern Rhodope Thrace region; Greece; Mesozoic low grade schists; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; KINEMATICS; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; SCHIST; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALPS; BULGARIA; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; GREECE; RHODOPE; THRACE;

EID: 79956090122     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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