Exhumation of UHP rocks by transtension in the Western Gneiss Region, Scandinavian Caledonides

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 135, Issue , 1998, Pages 159-181

  Krabbendam, Maarten ^a,b   Dewey, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HIGH PRESSURE;

SCANDINAVIA;

ENTOVALVA; LAURENTIA; SCANDIA;

EID: 0032323720     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.135.01.11     Document Type: Article

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