Tectonic sequence diagrams and the structural evolution of schists and gneisses in multiply deformed terranes

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 923-939

  Forster, Marnie A ^a   Lister, G S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; SCHIST; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

EID: 51949115975     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-016     Document Type: Article

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