The Kaoko belt (Namibia): Part of a late Neoproterozoic continental-scale strike-slip system

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 503-506

  Durr S B ^a   Dingeldey, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL SCALE; DEFORMATION STRUCTURE; LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE SLIP SYSTEMS;

GEOLOGY;

CRATON; FOLD BELT; GNEISS; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; CONTINENTAL CONVERGENCE; EXTRUSION; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE SLIP; TRANSPRESSIONAL KINEMATICS;

CONGO CRATON; KAOKO BELT; NAMIBIA;

EID: 0029729604     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0503:TKBNPO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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