Thrust tectonics in crystalline domains: the origin of a gneiss dome

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 209-220

  Greiling, R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gneiss dome; Mylonites; Neoproterozoic nubian shield; Thrust tectonics

Indexed keywords

GNEISS DOME; TECTONICS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031401535     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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