Tectono-metamorphic impact of a subduction-transform transition and implications for interpretation of orogenic belts

International Geology Review

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 979-994

  Wakabayashi, John ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; P/T CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBDUCTION/TRANSFORM TRANSITION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 0030322474     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819709465376     Document Type: Article

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