Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Rhodope orogen

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Krenn, Kurt ^a   Bauer, Christoph ^a   Proyer, Alexander ^a   Klötzli, Urs ^b   Hoinkes, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROGRAPHY; SHEARING;

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; EXTENSIONAL ALLOCHTHON; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPRESSION; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; NORMAL DISPLACEMENT; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC; UNIAXIAL STRETCHING;

TECTONICS;

EID: 79952057995     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002513     Document Type: Article

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