Himalayan-type escape tectonics along the Superior Boundary Zone in Manitoba, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 248-262

  Kuiper, Yvette D ^a   Lin, Shoufa ^b,c   Böhm, Christian O ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Manitoba Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

High strain zone; Indentation tectonics; Kinematic indicator; Lateral escape; Paleoproterozoic; Trans Hudson Orogen

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; INDENTATION; KINEMATICS; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CANADA; HIMALAYAS; MANITOBA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 79955707782     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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