Evaluation of exhumation mechanisms for coherent blueschists in western Baja California, Mexico

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 154, Issue , 1999, Pages 29-54

  Sedlock, Richard L ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033391448     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.02     Document Type: Article

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