Folded basement-cored tectonic wedges along the northern edge of the Amadeus Basin, Central Australia: Evaluation of orogenic shortening

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-412

  Flöttmann, Thomas ^a   Hand, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; INTRACONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC WEDGES;

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLDING; OROGENY; TECTONIC WEDGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0345517123     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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