Kinematic evolution of the lower plate during intracontinental subduction: An example from the Scandinavian Caledonides

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1248-1263

  Hurich, C A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 0000657676     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC00828     Document Type: Article

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