Basement-cover relationships and orogenic evolution in the Central East Greenland Caledonides

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Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Andresen, Arild ^a   Hartz, Ebbe H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basement; Caledonides; East greenland; Extension; Orogenic collapse; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0345768390     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899801202191     Document Type: Article

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