Crustal stacking and extension recorded by tectonic fabrics of the SE margin of the Tauern Window, Austria

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1455-1470

  Wallis, Simon R ^a   Behrmann, Jan H ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRAIN;

CRUSTAL CRACKING; METAMORPHIC ANALYSIS;

TECTONICS;

ALPINE OROGENY; CRUSTAL THICKENING; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRIA, TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 0030428878     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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