Compressional origin of the Aegean Orogeny, Greece

The Aegean Sea area is thought to be an actively extending back-arc region, north of the present day Hellenic volcanic arc and north-dipping subduction zone in the Eastern Mediterranean. The area shows extensive normal faulting, ductile ‘extensional’ shear zones and extensional S-C fabrics throughou...

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Main Authors: Michael P. Searle, Thomas N. Lamont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987120301729