Kinematics of syneclogite deformation in the Bergen Arcs, Norway: Implications for exhumation mechanisms

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 243, Issue , 2005, Pages 175-192

  Raimbourg, Hugues ^a   Jolivet, Laurent ^a   Labrousse, Loïc ^a   Leroy, Yves ^b   Avigad, Dov ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; KINEMATICS;

BERGEN ARCS; CALEDONIDES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 20444441455     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.243.01.13     Document Type: Article

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