Late Cenozoic extension of the Alpine collisional orogen, northeastern Greece: Origin of the north Aegean Basin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1208-1230

  Dinter, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CENOZOIC TECTONICS; HELLENIC SUBDUCTION ZONE; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; NEOGENE QUATERNARIES; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE;

FAULTING;

ALPINE OROGENY; BACKARC BASIN; COLLISION ZONE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GREECE;

EID: 84879884159     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<1208:LCEOTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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