Gneiss domes and gneiss dome systems

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 380, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-14

  Yin, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment fault; Diapiric flow; Gneiss dome; Gneiss dome system; Thrust duplex

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIAPIR; DOME; GNEISS; THRUST;

NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 84870786680     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2380-9.1     Document Type: Review

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