Styles of crustal deformation in compressional orogens caused by subduction of the underlying lithosphere

Tectonophysics

Volumn 232, Issue 1-4, 1994, Pages 119-132

  Beaumont, Christopher ^a   Fullsack, Philippe ^a   Hamilton, Juliet ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; MANTLE; OROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0028259769     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(94)90079-5     Document Type: Article

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