Deep crustal fabrics and a model for the extensional collapse of the southwest Norwegian Caledonides

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1191-1203

  Andersen, Torgeir B ^a   Osmundsen, Per Terje ^a   Jolivet, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION;

BULK HORIZONTAL SHORTENING; CALEDONIAN HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; COESITE BEARING ECLOGITES; EXTENSIONAL DETACHMENTS; EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; PENETRATIVE COAXIAL FABRICS; VERTICAL STRETCHING; WESTERN GNEISS REGION, NORWAY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHISM; SCANDIAN; SILURIAN;

NORWAY, WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 0028668217     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(94)90063-9     Document Type: Article

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