Neoproterozoic dextral faulting on the Najd Fault system, Saudi Arabia, preceded sinistral faulting and escape tectonics related to closure of the Mozambique Ocean

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 206, Issue , 2003, Pages 327-361

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a   Matsah, Mohamed I ^b  

^a Dept of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULTING; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0038264422     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.206.01.16     Document Type: Article

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