Transformation of a magmatic arc and an orogenic root during oblique collision and it's consequences for the evolution of the European Variscides (Mid-German Crystalline Rise)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-20

  Oncken, O ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretion; Lithospheric deformation; Magmatic arc; Mid German Crystalline Rise; Oblique collision; Root destruction; Strain partitioning; Subduction; Tectonic underplating

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249093933     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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