Structural expressions and tectonic implications of general noncoaxial flow in the midcrust of a collisional orogen: The northern Scandinavian Caledonides

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 490-505

  Northrup, C J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL OROGEN; DUCTILE FLOW; EXTENSION; NON-COAXIAL FLOW; TECTONICS; THRUSTING;

EUROPE, SCANDINAVIA, CALEDONIDES;

EID: 0029730184     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC02951     Document Type: Article

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