Experimental models of 'basement'-controlled salients - Application to the Proterozoic fold-thrust belt of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero (Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-263

  Gomes, Caroline J S ^a   Pereira Filho, Milton ^a   Braga, Silvia C M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brittle deformation; Ductile deformation; Experimental modelling; Quadril tero Ferr fero; Salients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042762655     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652003000200010     Document Type: Article

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