The East Carpathians: Indications of phase transitions, lithospheric failure and decoupled evolution of thrust belt and its foreland

Tectonophysics

Volumn 262, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 101-132

  Artyushkov, E V ^a,b   Baer, M A ^a,b   Morner N A ^b  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; NAPPE EMPLACEMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST BELT; UPLIFT;

EUROPE, CARPATHIANS, EASTERN CARPATHIANS;

EID: 0030430784     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00207-3     Document Type: Article

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