A case study of lateral spreading: The Precambrian Svecofennian Oorogen

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 321, Issue , 2009, Pages 225-251

  Korja, Annakaisa ^a   Kosunen, Paula ^a   Heikkinen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DETACHMENT FAULT; GRANITOID; HORST; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; SPREADING CENTER; SVECOFENNIAN OROGENY;

FINLAND;

EID: 75149172399     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP321.11     Document Type: Article

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