Svartfjella, Eidembukta, and Daudmannsodden lineament: Tertiary orogen-parallel motion in the crystalline hinterland of Spitsbergen's fold-thrust belt

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-106

  Maher Jr , Harmon D ^a   Bergh, Steifen ^b   Braathen, Alvar ^c,e   Ohta, Yoshihide ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e Norwegian Geological Survey   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAMENT; METAMORPHIC BASEMENT; OROGEN PARALLEL MOTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERTIARY;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CARBONIFEROUS STRATA; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; METAMORPHIC BASEMENTS; PARALLEL MOTION; PLATE MOTIONS; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; TRANSPRESSION; WEAK SURFACES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0030756972     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC02616     Document Type: Article

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