Structural decoupling in a convergent forearc setting (Southern Crete, Eastern Mediterranean)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1352-1364

  Kokinou, Eleni ^a   Tiago, Alves ^b   Evangelos, Kamberis ^c  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Hellenic Petroleum   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRUSTAL LEVELS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; FAULT PLANE SOLUTIONS; FOREARC; HOLOCENES; INDIAN OCEAN; MESOZOIC; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NEO GENES; NORMAL FAULTS; RELATIVE DEGREES; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRONG CORRELATION; TECTONIC FEATURES; THRUST FAULTS; TRANSPRESSION;

SEISMOLOGY;

FAULTING;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; FAULT PLANE; METAMORPHISM; MOMENT TENSOR; NORMAL FAULT; RHEOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE; GREECE; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84865160119     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30492.1     Document Type: Article

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