Paleostress field reconstruction and revised tectonic history of the Donbas fold and thrust belt (Ukraine and Russia)

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Saintot, Aline ^a   Stephenson, Randell ^a   Brem, Arjan ^a   Stovba, Sergiy ^b   Privalov, Vitaliy ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Technology Centre Ukrgeofisika ^*  (Ukraine)

^c DONETSK NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Dnieper Donets Basin; Donbas fold belt; East European Craton; Paleostress

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PALEOSTRESS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

DNIEPER-DONETS BASIN; EURASIA; RUSSIAN PLATFORM;

EID: 0037498580     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001366     Document Type: Article

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