Evolution of ancient Lake Ohrid: A tectonic perspective

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3377-3386

  Hoffmann, N ^a   Reicherter, K ^a   Fernandez Steeger T ^a   Grutzner C ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LAKE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; NEOGENE; NEOTECTONICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEOZOIC; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ALBANIA; LAKE OHRID; MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE];

EID: 79960572977     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-3377-2010     Document Type: Article

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