The Variscan orogen in Central Europe: Construction and collapse

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 32, Issue , 2006, Pages 333-343

  Franke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEVONIAN; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846092655     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2006.032.01.20     Document Type: Article

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