Shear strain localization from the upper mantle to the middle crust of the Kohistan Arc (Pakistan)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 245, Issue , 2005, Pages 25-38

  Burg, Jean Pierre ^a   Arbaret, L ^b   Chaudhry, N M ^c   Dawood, H ^d   Hussain, S ^d   Zeilinger, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^d Museum of Natural History   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SHEAR; STRAIN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KOHISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 24644489178     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.245.01.02     Document Type: Article

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