The Cape Fold Belt and Syntaxis and the rotated Falkland Islands: Dextral transpressional tectonics along the southwest margin of Gondwana

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-63

  Johnston, S T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0040141591     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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