Exhumation processes

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 154, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-27

  Ring, Uwe ^a   Brandon, Mark T ^b   Willett, Sean D ^c,e   Lister, Gordon S ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONICS;

EID: 0033377682     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.01     Document Type: Article

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