Extensional tectonics in the North Atlantic Caledonides: A regional view

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 767-793

  Fossen, Haakon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OROGENIC BELT; SILURIAN; SUBDUCTION; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

CALEDONIDES;

EID: 77956006910     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.31     Document Type: Article

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