A detachment fold model for fault zones in the Late Archean Abitibi greenstone belt

Tectonophysics

Volumn 400, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 85-104

  Benn, Keith ^a   Peschler, Anne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analogue experiment; Archean; Detachment fold; Fault zone; Greenstone belt

Indexed keywords

GREENSTONE BELT; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ERETHIZON DORSATUM;

EID: 17844410380     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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