Introduction: Characteristics and tectonic settings of mélanges, and their signifiance for societal and engineering problems

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 480, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wakabayashi, John ^a   Dilek, Yildirim ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANGE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84856534482     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2480(00)     Document Type: Article

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