Structural style, deformation mechanisms and paleodifferential stress along an exposed crustal section: Constraints on the rheology of quartzofeldspathic rocks at supra- and infrastructural levels (Bohemian Massif)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 332, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 211-237

  Zulauf, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bohemian Massif; Crustal rheology; Deformation mechanisms; Paleopiezometry; Tepl Barrandian unit

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY; STRESS FIELD;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 0035000323     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00258-4     Document Type: Article

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