Stress and deformation in subduction zones: Insight from the record of exhumed metamorphic rocks

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 200, Issue , 2002, Pages 255-274

  Stöckhert, Bernhard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 72049083651     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.200.01.15     Document Type: Article

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