A laterally constricted shear zone system - the Nordre Stormfjord steep belt, Nagssugtoqidian Orogen, W Greenland

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 199-202

  Passchier, C W ^a   Den Brok, S W J ^a   Van Gool, J A M ^b   Marker, M ^b,c   Manatschal, G ^b,d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c Norwegian Geological Survey   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLDING; SHEAR ZONE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031370847     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1997.tb00012.x     Document Type: Article

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