Metamorphic response in orogens of different obliquity, scale and geometry

Gondwana Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-167

  Goscombe, Ben D ^a   Gray, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Material flow; Maximum stretching direction; Metamorphic field gradient; Tectonics; Transpression

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; METAMORPHISM; OBLIQUITY; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION;

AUSTRALIA; KAOKO BELT; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 60249086733     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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