Subductions, obduction and collision in the Lesser Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia), new insights

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 340, Issue , 2010, Pages 329-352

  Sosson, M ^a   Rolland, Y ^a   Muller C ^b   Danelian, T ^c   Melkonyan, R ^d   Kekelia, S ^e   Adamia, S ^f   Babazadeh, V ^g   Kangarli, T ^h   Avagyan, A ^d   Galoyan, G ^d   Mosar, J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Laboratoire Géosystèmes ^*  (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^e Institute of Geology   (Georgia)

^f Institute of Geophysics   (Georgia)

^g BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^h Geotectonics and Geodynamics   (Azerbaijan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; COLLISION ZONE; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; GONDWANA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; NAPPE; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; OUTCROP; PALEOCENE; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TERRANE;

ARMENIA; AZERBAIJAN; CAUCASUS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

AKERA; CONIACIAN;

EID: 80053361720     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP340.14     Document Type: Article

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