Strain localization during crustal-scale boudinage to form extensional metamorphic domes in the Aegean Sea

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 380, Issue , 2004, Pages 185-210

  Jolivet, Laurent ^a   Famin, Vincent ^a   Mehl, Caroline ^a   Parra, Teddy ^b   Aubourg, Charles ^c   Hébert, Ronan ^c   Philippot, Pascal ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean; Boudinage; Cyclades; Metamorphic domes; Postorogenic extension; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STRAIN;

AEGEAN; BOUDINAGE; CYCLADES; METAMORPHIC DOMES; POSTOROGENIC EXTENSION; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

DOMES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; DOME; EXHUMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84870843585     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2380-9.185     Document Type: Article

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