The role of fault zones and melt as agents of weakening, hardening and differentiation of the continental crust: A synthesis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 186, Issue , 2001, Pages 305-332

  Handy, M R ^a   Mulch, A ^a   Rosenau, M ^a   Rosenberg, C L ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; FAULT; FAULT ZONE; SILICATE MELT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; WEAK ROCK;

EID: 0034807707     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.186.01.18     Document Type: Article

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