Deciphering subduction from exhumation in the segmented Cycladic Blueschist Unit (Central Aegean, Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-134

  Philippon, Melody ^a   Brun, Jean Pierre ^b   Gueydan, Frédéric ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Back arc extension; Core complex; Detachment; HP rocks exhumation; Restoration; Rollback

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; CORE COMPLEX; DETACHMENT; HP ROCKS EXHUMATION; ROLLBACK;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CORE LEVELS;

BLUESCHIST; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HIGH PRESSURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; OPHIOLITE; PASSIVE MARGIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE;

GREECE;

EID: 84856713026     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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