Origin of the Hafit structure: Implications for timing the Tertiary deformation in the Northern Oman Mountains

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 803-818

  Warrak, Mohammed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FOLD; HAFIT STRUCTURE; TERTIARY;

OMAN, OMAN MOUNTAINS;

DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DETACHMENT FOLDS; HAFIT STRUCTURE; LARGE SCALE POST OBDUCTION PERICLINES; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029666719     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)80014-9     Document Type: Article

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