Orogen-parallel extension in the Southern Carpathians

Tectonophysics

Volumn 297, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 209-228

  Schmid, Stefan M ^a   Berza, Tudor ^b   Diaconescu, Vlad ^c   Froitzheim, Nikolaus ^a   Fügenschuh, Bernhard ^a  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ROMANIA   (Romania)

^c Faculty of Geology and Geophysics   (Romania)

Author keywords

Carpathians; Core complex; Fission track dating; Mylonites; Oroclinal bending

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; KINEMATICS; OROGENIC BELT; SHEAR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARPATHIANS; EUROPE;

EID: 0032553246     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00169-3     Document Type: Article

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