Attachment formation during partitioning of oblique convergence in the Ketilidian orogen, south Greenland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 227, Issue , 2004, Pages 231-248

  McCaffrey, K J W ^a   Grocott, J ^b   Garde, A A ^c   Hamilton, M A ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; COUPLING; LITHOSPHERE; OBLIQUE FAULT; OROGENY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KETILIDIAN BELT;

EID: 5544272716     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.227.01.12     Document Type: Article

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