Tectonics of the Syros blueschists (Cyclades, Greece): From subduction to Aegean extension

Tectonics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Philippon, Mélody ^a,b   Brun, Jean Pierre ^a   Gueydan, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; PILES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

BLUESCHISTS; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CYCLADES; DUCTILE SHEAR; ECLOGITES; GREENSCHIST; NORMAL COMPONENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVENTS; TECTONIC HISTORY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BLUESCHIST; DISPLACEMENT; ECLOGITE; EOCENE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GREENSCHIST FACIES; METAMORPHISM; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST;

CYCLADAS; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 79960055663     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010TC002810     Document Type: Article

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