Tectonic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Adola Belt of southern Ethiopia: Evidence for a Wilson Cycle process and implications for oblique plate collision

Precambrian Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 179-210

  Worku, Hailu ^a   Schandelmeier, Heinz ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; WILSON CYCLE;

ETHIOPIA, ADOLA BELT;

EID: 0029753795     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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