High-temperature and pressure seismic properties of a lower crustal prograde shear zone from the Kohistan Arc, Pakistan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 245, Issue , 2005, Pages 187-202

  Burlini, L ^a   Arbaret, Laurent ^a,b   Zeilinger, G ^c   Burg, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department Sciences de la Terre ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

P-T CONDITIONS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE;

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

EID: 24644523657     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.245.01.09     Document Type: Article

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