South Variscan terrane accretion: Sardinian constraints on the intra-Alpine Variscides

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1277-1291

  Helbing, Heiko ^a   Frisch, Wolfgang ^a   Bons, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oroclinal bending; Sardinia; Suture zone; Transpression; Transtension; Variscan Orogeny

Indexed keywords

FRONTAL THRUSTING; OROCLINAL BENDING; SUTURE ZONE; TERRANE ACCRETION; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRAIN;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUTURE ZONE; TERRANE;

EID: 33744976134     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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