Deformation migration in an orogen-scale shear zone array: An example from the Basal Briançonnais Thrust, internal Franco-Italian Alps

Geological Magazine

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-367

  Freeman, S R ^a   Butler, R W H ^a   Cliff, R A ^a   Inger, S ^a   Barnicoat, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001207099     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756898008693     Document Type: Article

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