Tectonic post-collision processes in Timor

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 355, Issue , 2011, Pages 241-266

  Audley Charles, M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b La Serre ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; LOWER CRUST; NAPPE; OCEANIC CRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

EID: 80051597600     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP355.12     Document Type: Article

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