Ductile deformation and mass loss in the Franciscan Subduction Complex: implications for exhumation processes in accretionary wedges

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 154, Issue , 1999, Pages 55-86

  Ring, Uwe ^a   Brandon, Mark T ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033372406     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.03     Document Type: Article

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