Foreland-directed lower-crustal flow and its implications for the exhumation of high-pressure-high-temperature rocks

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 179, Issue , 2000, Pages 355-368

  Henk, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0012180360     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.179.01.21     Document Type: Article

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