Dipping reflectors beneath old orogens: A perspective from the British caledonides

GSA Today

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1-6

  McBride, John H ^a,b   Snyder, David B ^a   England, Richard W ^a   Hubbs, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; DIPPING REFLECTOR; IAPETUS SUTURE; MANTLE (UPPER); MOINE THRUST; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

UK, CALEDONIDES;

EID: 0030460221     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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