The structural evolution of Kythnos Island (Cyclades, Greece) - a reconnaissance

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 513-520

  Keiter, Mark ^a   Tomaschek, Frank ^a   Ballhaus, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclades; Greenschist facies folding; High pressure deformation; Kythnos; Oligocene horizontal shortening

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959306915     PISSN: 18601804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2008/0159-0513     Document Type: Article

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