Chaos and geodynamics: Mélanges, mélange-forming processes and their significance in the geological record

Tectonophysics

Volumn 568-569, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Dilek, Yildirim ^a,e   Festa, Andrea ^b   Ogawa, Yujiro ^c   Pini, Gian Andrea ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Università di Bologna ^*  (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84866142646     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.002     Document Type: Editorial

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