Horizontal accretion and stabilization of the Archean Zimbabwe craton

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-14

  Dirks, Paul H G M ^a   Jelsma, Hielke A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STABILIZATION;

CRUSTAL FORMATION; GREENSTONE BELTS; MECHANICAL EQUILIBRIUM; NAPPE STRUCTURE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRAIN PATTERNS; VOLCANIC ARC; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

PILES;

ACCRETION; ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DIAPIR; DIAPIRISM; GNEISS; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; NAPPE; PLATE TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; CRUSTAL FORMATION;

ZIMBABWE CRATON; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031971745     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0011:HAASOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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