Paleostress reconstructions based on calcite twins in the Joseon Supergroup, northeastern Ogcheon Belt (South Korea)

Island Arc

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-69

  Kim, Jun Mo ^a   Jang, Bo An ^b   Obara, Yuzo ^c   Kang, Seong Seung ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcite twin; Jecheon Danyang; Maximum shortening axis; Ogcheon Belt; Paleostress

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; JURASSIC; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOSTRESS; PALEOZOIC; STRAIN; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TWINNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; OGCHEON BELT; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 38649103772     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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