Miocene bivergent crustal extension in the Aegean: Evidence from the western Cyclades (Greece)

Lithosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-39

  Grasemann, Bernhard ^a   Schneider, David A ^b   Stöckli, Daniel F ^c   Iglseder, Christoph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR FLOW;

AEGEAN REGIONS; BACK-ARC EXTENSIONS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; CURRENT MODELS; LATE MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; NORMAL FAULTS; STRUCTURAL FIELDS;

FAULT SLIPS;

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETACHMENT FAULT; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CYCLADES;

EID: 84866288245     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L164.1     Document Type: Article

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