Strain partitioning along the western margin of the Carpathians

Tectonophysics

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 119-143

  Nemcok, M ^a,b   Houghton, J J ^a,c   Coward, M P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Geological Survey of Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; KINEMATICS; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

CARPATHIANS; EUROPE;

EID: 0032580986     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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