A model of palaeozoic obduction and exhumation of high-pressure/low-temperature rocks in the southern Urals

Tectonophysics

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 217-227

  Chemenda, Alexandre ^a   Matte, Philippe ^b   Sokolov, Vadim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ROSCOMNEDRA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arc continent collision; Continental subduction; Exhumation; Obduction; Orogenesis; Urals

Indexed keywords

ARC/CONTINENT COLLISION; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION; EXHUMATION; OBDUCTION; PALAEOZOIC;

EUROPE, URALS;

EID: 0031446449     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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