Thrust-related very low grade metamorphism the marginal part of an orogenic wedge, Scandinavian Caledonides

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1213-1229

  Warr, Laurence N ^a   Greiling, Reinhard O ^a   Zachrisson, Ebbe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000444224     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC00983     Document Type: Article

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