Shear zones in the Proterozoic lithosphere of the Arabian shield and the nature of the Hales discontinuity

Tectonophysics

Volumn 323, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 131-148

  Levin, Vadim ^a   Park, Jeffrey ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Shield; Hales discontinuity; Orogeny; Receiver functions; Seismic anisotropy; Terrane accretion

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DISCONTINUITY; FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR ZONE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0033815968     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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