Inclined transpression at the toe of an arcuate thrust: An example from the Precambrian 'Mylonite Zone' of the Sveconorwegian orogen

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 335, Issue , 2010, Pages 715-737

  Viola, Giulio ^a   Henderson, Iain C ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; MYLONITE; PRECAMBRIAN; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; THRUST; TRANSPRESSION;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77956007147     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP335.29     Document Type: Article

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