Orogen-parallel strike-slip faults bordering metamorphic core complexes: the Salzach-Enns fault zone in the eastern Alps, Austria

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 799-818

  Wang, Xianda ^a   Neubauer, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DUCTILITY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT ZONE; METAMORPHIC CORE; OROGENIC BELT; STRIKE-SLIP;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

EID: 0037988452     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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