Outline structure and tectonic evolution of the Variscan Sudetes;Zarys budowy i ewolucji tektonicznej waryscyjskiej struktury Sudetów

Przeglad Geologiczny

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Mazur, Stanislaw ^a   Aleksandrowski, Pawel ^a   Szczepański, Jacek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bohemian Mass Palaeozoic; Deformation; Strike slip faults; Tectonics; Tectonostratigraphic terranes

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEVONIAN; FOLDING; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; SILURIAN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF; SUDETES;

EID: 77951278837     PISSN: 00332151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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