R. Altherr and W. Siebel, I-type plutonism in a continental back-arc setting: Miocene granitoids and monzonites from the central Aegean Sea, Greece, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol.143, issue.4, pp.397-415, 2002.
DOI : 10.1007/s00410-002-0352-y

R. Altherr, M. Schliestedt, M. Okrusch, E. Seidel, H. Kreuzer et al., Geochronology of high-pressure rocks on Sifnos (Cyclades, Greece), Geochronology of high? pressure rocks on Sifnos (Cyclades, Greece), pp.245-25510, 1979.
DOI : 10.1007/BF00375354

R. Altherr, H. Kreuzer, I. Wendt, H. Lenz, G. H. Wagner et al., A late Oligocene/early Miocene high temperature belt in the Attic?Cycladic crystalline complex (SE Pelagonian, Greece), pp.97-164, 1982.

D. Avigad and Z. Garfunkel, Low?angle faults above and below a blueschist belt: Tinos Island, pp.182-187, 1989.
DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1989.tb00350.x

D. Avigad and Z. Garfunkel, Uplift and exhumation of high?pressure metamorphic terranes: The example of the Cycladic blueschists belt, pp.357-37210, 1991.

D. Avigad, Z. Garfunkel, L. Jolivet, and J. M. Azañón, Back arc extension and denudation of Mediterranean eclogites, Back?arc extension and denudation of Mediterranean eclogites, pp.924-94110, 1997.
DOI : 10.1029/97TC02003

D. Avigad, G. Baer, and A. Heimann, Block rotations and continental extension in the central Aegean Sea: palaeomagnetic and structural evidence from Tinos and Mykonos (Cyclades, Greece), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol.157, issue.1-2, pp.23-4010, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00024-7

D. Avigad, A. Ziv, and Z. Garfunkel, Ductile and brittle shortening, extension?parallel folds and maintenance of crustal thickness in the central Aegean (Cyclades, Greece), Tectonics, pp.277-28710, 2001.

R. M. Barchi, G. Minelli, and G. Pialli, The CROP 03 profile: A synthesis of results on deep structures of the northern Apennines, Mem. Soc. Geol. Ital, vol.52, pp.383-400, 1998.

M. Bonneau, Evolution geodynamique de l'arc egeen depuis le Jurassique superieur jusqu'au Miocene, Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, vol.7, issue.2, pp.229-242, 1982.
DOI : 10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-XXIV.2.229

M. Bonneau and J. R. Kienast, Subduction, collision et schistes bleu: Exemple de l'Egée, Grèce, Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr, vol.7, pp.785-791, 1982.
DOI : 10.2113/gssgfbull.s7-xxiv.4.785

S. Brichau, U. Ring, R. A. Ketcham, A. Carter, D. Stockli et al., Constraining the long-term evolution of the slip rate for a major extensional fault system in the central Aegean, Greece, using thermochronology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol.241, issue.1-2, pp.293-306, 2006.
DOI : 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.065

S. Brichau, U. Ring, A. Carter, P. Monié, R. Bolhar et al., How many detachments?, Extensional faulting on Tinos Island, pp.10-1029, 2007.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00407638

S. Brichau, U. Ring, A. Carter, R. Bolhar, P. Monié et al., Timing, slip rate, displacement and cooling history of the Mykonos detachment footwall, Cyclades, Greece, and implications for the opening of the Aegean Sea basin, Journal of the Geological Society, vol.165, issue.1, pp.263-27710, 2008.
DOI : 10.1144/0016-76492006-145
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00412177

J. P. Brun, D. Sokoutis, and J. Van-den-driessche, Analogue modeling of detachment fault systems and core complexes, Geology, vol.22, issue.4, pp.319-322, 1994.
DOI : 10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0319:AMODFS>2.3.CO;2

W. R. Buck, flexural rotation of normal faults, Tectonics, vol.2, issue.5, pp.959-97310, 1988.
DOI : 10.1029/TC007i005p00959

J. Chéry, Core complex mechanics: From the Gulf of Corinth to the Snake Range, Geology, vol.29, issue.5, pp.439-442, 2001.
DOI : 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0439:CCMFTG>2.0.CO;2

G. H. Davis, Shear-zone model for the origin of metamorphic core complexes, 11<342: SMFTOO>2.0.CO, pp.342-347, 1983.
DOI : 10.1130/0091-7613(1983)11<342:SMFTOO>2.0.CO;2

G. H. Davis and P. J. Coney, Geologic development of the Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes, 7<120:GDOTCM>2.0.CO, pp.120-1240091, 1130.
DOI : 10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<120:GDOTCM>2.0.CO;2

G. A. Davis and G. S. Lister, Detachment faulting in continental extension; Perspectives from the Southwestern U.S. Cordillera, Processes in Continental Lithospheric Deformation, pp.133-159, 1988.
DOI : 10.1130/SPE218-p133

S. Dürr and R. Altherr, Existence des klippes d'une nappe composite neogene dans l'île de Myconos/Cyclades (Grece), Rapp, Comm. Int. Mer Medit, vol.25, issue.2a, pp.26-33, 1979.

S. Dürr, E. Seidel, H. Kreuzer, and W. Harre, Temoins d'un metamorphisme d'age cretace superieur dans l'Egeide; datations radiometriques de mineraux provenant de l'ile de Nikouria (Cyclades, Grece), Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, vol.7, issue.2, pp.209-213, 1978.
DOI : 10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-XX.2.209

V. Famin, P. Philippot, L. Jolivet, and P. Agard, Evolution of hydrothermal regime along a crustal shear zone, pp.10-1029, 2004.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00022412

V. Famin, R. Hébert, P. Philippot, and L. Jolivet, Ion probe and fluid inclusion evidence for co-seismic fluid infiltration in a crustal detachment, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol.63, issue.11???12, pp.354-367, 2005.
DOI : 10.1007/s00410-005-0031-x

M. Faure, M. Bonneau, and J. Pons, Ductile deformation and syntectonic granite emplacement during the late Miocene extension of the Aegean (Greece), Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr, vol.162, pp.3-12, 1991.

N. Froitzheim and G. P. Eberli, Extensional detachment faulting in the evolution of a Tethys passive continental margin, Eastern Alps, Switzerland, 102<1297:EDFITE>2.3.CO, pp.1297-130810, 1990.
DOI : 10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<1297:EDFITE>2.3.CO;2

P. Gautier and J. P. Brun, Crustal?scale geometry and kinematics of late?orogenic extension in the central Aegean (Cyclades and Evvia island), Tectonophysics, pp.399-42410, 1994.

P. Gautier and J. P. Brun, Ductile crust exhumation and extensional detachments in the central Aegean (Cyclades and Evvia Islands)., Geodinamica Acta, vol.7, issue.2, pp.57-85, 1994.
DOI : 10.1080/09853111.1994.11105259

P. Gautier, J. P. Brun, and L. Jolivet, Structure and kinematics of upper Cenozoic extensional detachment on Naxos and Paros (Cyclades Islands, Greece), Tectonics, pp.1180-119410, 1993.

P. Gautier, J. P. Brun, R. Moriceau, D. Sokoutis, J. Martinod et al., Timing, kinematics and cause of Aegean extension: a scenario based on a comparison with simple analogue experiments, Tectonophysics, vol.315, issue.1-4, pp.31-7210, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00281-4

F. Gueydan, Y. Leroy, L. Jolivet, and P. Agard, Analysis of continental midcrustal strain localization induced by microfracturing and reaction-softening, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol.21, issue.17, pp.206410-1029, 2003.
DOI : 10.1029/2001JB000611
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00022391

F. Gueydan, Y. Leroy, and L. Jolivet, Mechanics of low-angle extensional shear zones at the brittle-ductile transition, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.21, issue.B10, pp.10-1029, 2004.
DOI : 10.1029/2003JB002806
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00111431

R. A. Johnson and K. L. Loy, Seismic reflection evidence for seimogenic low?angle faulting in southeastern Arizona, Geology, vol.202, pp.597-600, 1992.

L. Jolivet and J. P. Brun, Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean, International Journal of Earth Sciences, vol.21, issue.Suppl 1, pp.109-138, 2008.
DOI : 10.1007/s00531-008-0366-4
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00458832

L. Jolivet and C. Faccenna, Mediterranean extension and the Africa-Eurasia collision, Tectonics, vol.267, issue.6, pp.1095-110610, 2000.
DOI : 10.1029/2000TC900018

L. Jolivet, J. M. Daniel, C. Truffert, B. Goffe, and L. Al, Exhumation of deep crustal metamorphic rocks and crustal extension in arc and back-arc regions, KINEMATICS OF MYKONOS DETACHMENT TC5012 TC5012 regions, pp.3-3010, 1994.
DOI : 10.1016/0024-4937(94)90051-5

L. Jolivet and M. Patriat, Ductile extension and the formation of the Aegean Sea, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol.156, issue.1, pp.427-456, 1999.
DOI : 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.156.01.20

L. Jolivet, E. Lecomte, B. Huet, Y. Denèle, O. Lacombe et al., The North Cycladic Detachment System, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol.289, issue.1-2, pp.87-104, 2010.
DOI : 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.032
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00443755

C. Kumerics, U. Ring, S. Brichau, J. Glodny, and P. Monié, The extensional Messaria shear zone and associated brittle detachment faults, Aegean Sea, Greece, Journal of the Geological Society, vol.162, issue.4, pp.701-72110, 2005.
DOI : 10.1144/0016-764904-041

R. Lacassin, N. Arnaud, P. H. Leloup, R. Armijo, and B. Meyer, Exhumation of metamorphic rocks in N Aegean: The path from shortening to extension and extrusion, eEarth Discuss, pp.1-3510, 2007.

J. Lee and G. S. Lister, Late Miocene ductile extension and detachment faulting, 020<0121:LMDEAD>2.3.CO, pp.121-1240091, 1130.
DOI : 10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0121:lmdead>2.3.co;2

L. Pichon and X. , Land?locked oceanic basins and continental collision: The Eastern Mediterranean as a case example, Mountain Building Processes, pp.201-211, 1982.

L. Pichon, X. , and J. Angelier, The hellenic arc and trench system: A key to the neotectonic evolution of the eastern mediterranean area, Tectonophysics, vol.60, issue.1-2, pp.1-4210, 1979.
DOI : 10.1016/0040-1951(79)90131-8

L. Pourhiet, L. , E. Burov, and I. Moretti, Rifting through a stack of inhomogeneous thrusts (the dipping pie concept), Tectonics, vol.348, issue.46, pp.10-1029, 2004.
DOI : 10.1029/2003TC001584
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00022416

L. Pourhiet, L. , L. Mattioni, and I. Moretti, 3D modelling of rifting through a pre-existing stack of nappes in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): a mixed analogue/numerical approach, Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal?Scale Processes, pp.233-252, 2006.
DOI : 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.12
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00143802

G. S. Lister and G. A. Davis, The origin of metamorphic core complexes and detachment faults formed during Tertiary continental extension in the northern Colorado River region, U.S.A., Journal of Structural Geology, vol.11, issue.1-2, pp.65-9410, 1989.
DOI : 10.1016/0191-8141(89)90036-9

G. S. Lister, G. Banga, and A. Feenstra, Metamorphic core complexes of cordilleran type in the Cyclades, 12<221: MCCOCT>2.0.CO, pp.221-2250091, 1130.

C. R. Longwell, Low-angle normal faults in the basin-and-range province, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol.39, issue.1, pp.107-118, 1945.
DOI : 10.1029/TR026i001p00107

I. Lucas, Le pluton de Mykonos?Delos?Rhenee (Cyclades, Grèce): Un exemple de mise en place synchrone de l'extension crustale, Thèse de doctorat , 491 pp., Univ. d'Orléans, 1999.

C. Mehl, L. Jolivet, and O. Lacombe, From ductile to brittle: Evolution and localization of deformation below a crustal detachment, pp.10-1029, 2005.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00578241

C. Mehl, L. Jolivet, O. Lacombe, L. Labrousse, and G. Rimmele, Structural evolution of Andros (Cyclades, Greece): a key to the behaviour of a (flat) detachment within an extending continental crust, The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia, pp.41-73, 2007.
DOI : 10.1144/SP291.3
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00578244

H. J. Melosh, Mechanical basis for low-angle normal faulting in the Basin and Range province, Nature, vol.343, issue.6256, pp.331-335, 1990.
DOI : 10.1038/343331a0

A. Morris and M. Anderson, First palaeomagnetic results from the Cycladic Massif, Greece, and their implications for Miocene extension directions and tectonic models in the Aegean, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol.142, issue.3-4, pp.397-408, 1996.
DOI : 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00114-8

D. Papanikolaou, Tectonic Evolution of the Cycladic Blueschist Belt (Aegean Sea, Greece), Chemical Transport in Metasomatic Processes, pp.429-450, 1987.
DOI : 10.1007/978-94-009-4013-0_16

K. Regenauer?lieb, R. F. Weinberg, and G. Rosenbaum, The effect of energy feedbacks on continental strength, Nature, vol.45, issue.7098, pp.67-7010, 2006.
DOI : 10.1038/nature04868

S. J. Reynolds and J. E. Spencer, Evidence for large-scale transport on the Bullard detachment fault, west-central Arizona, 13<353:EFLTOT> 2.0.CO, pp.353-3560091, 1130.
DOI : 10.1130/0091-7613(1985)13<353:EFLTOT>2.0.CO;2

A. Rigo, H. Lyon?caen, R. Armijo, A. Deschamps, D. Hatzfeld et al., A microseismicity study in the western part of the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): Implications for large?scale normal faulting mechanisms, Geophys, J. Int, vol.126, pp.663-688, 1996.

U. Ring, S. Laws, and M. Bernet, Structural analysis of a complex nappe sequence and late-orogenic basins from the Aegean Island of Samos, Greece, Journal of Structural Geology, vol.21, issue.11, pp.1575-1601, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00108-X

U. Ring, S. N. Thomson, and M. Bröcker, Fast extension but little exhumation: the Vari detachment in the Cyclades, Greece, Geological Magazine, vol.140, issue.3, pp.245-25210, 2003.
DOI : 10.1017/S0016756803007799

M. Sanchez?gomez, D. Avigad, and A. Heiman, Geochronology of clasts in allochthonous Miocene sedimentary sequences on Mykonos and Paros Islands: implications for back-arc extension in the Aegean Sea, Journal of the Geological Society, vol.159, issue.1, pp.45-6010, 2002.
DOI : 10.1144/0016-764901031

R. J. Scott and G. Lister, Detachment faults: Evidence for a low?angle origin, 020<0833: DFEFAL>2.3.CO, pp.833-8360091, 1130.

N. Skarpelis, Geodynamics and evolution of the Miocene mineralisations in the Cycladic?Pelagonian belts, Hellenides, Bull, Geol. Soc. Greece, vol.34, issue.6, pp.2191-2206, 2002.

D. Sorel, A Pleistocene and still?active detachment fault and the origin of the Corinth?Patras rift, Greece, Geology, pp.83-86, 2000.

J. E. Spencer and C. G. Chase, Role of crustal flexure in initiation of low-angle normal faults and implications for structural evolution of the basin and range province, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.300, issue.B2, pp.1765-177510, 1989.
DOI : 10.1029/JB094iB02p01765

D. J. Van-hinsbergen, C. G. Langereis, and J. E. Meulenkamp, Revision of timing, magnitude and distribution of Neogene rotations in the western Aegean region, Tectonophysics, pp.1-34, 2005.

G. D. Voreadis, Die Geologie und die Barytlagerstätten der Inseln Mykonos and Dragonissi, Ann. Geol. Pays Helléniques, vol.12, pp.263-300, 1961.

C. R. Walcott and S. H. White, Constraints on the kinematics of post-orogenic extension imposed by stretching lineations in the Aegean region, Tectonophysics, vol.298, issue.1-3, pp.155-17510, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00182-6

B. Wernicke, Low-angle normal faults in the Basin and Range Province: nappe tectonics in an extending orogen, Nature, vol.91, issue.5817, pp.645-64810, 1038.
DOI : 10.1038/291645a0

B. P. Wernicke and G. J. Axen, On the role of isostasy in the evolution of normal fault systems, 016<0848:OTROII>2.3.CO, pp.848-8510091, 1130.
DOI : 10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0848:OTROII>2.3.CO;2

B. Wernicke, J. D. Walker, and M. S. Beaufait, Structural discordance between Neogene detachments and frontal Sevier thrusts, pp.213-24610, 1985.
DOI : 10.1029/tc004i002p00213

A. Yin, Origin of regional, rooted low-angle normal faults: A mechanical model and its tectonic implications, Tectonics, vol.300, issue.3, pp.469-48210, 1989.
DOI : 10.1029/TC008i003p00469