Anticlockwise and clockwise rotations of the Eastern Variscides accommodated by dextral lithospheric wrenching: Palaeomagnetic and structural evidence

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-218

  Edel, J B ^a   Schulmann, K ^a,b   Holub, F V ^b  

^a Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bohemian massif; Carboniferous; Palaeomagnetism; Rotation; Wrenching

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GRANITOID; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC ROTATION; WRENCH FAULT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84862759174     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-035     Document Type: Article

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