The Pearya Shear Zone in the Canadian High Arctic: Kinematics and significance;Die Pearya-Scherzone in der kanadischen hocharktis: Kinematik und signifikanz

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-249

  von Gosen, Werner ^a   Piepjohn, Karsten ^b   McClelland, William C ^c   Läufer, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caledonian Orogeny; Ellesmere Island; Ellesmerian Orogeny; Plate tectonics; Shear zones; Structures; Svalbard; Terranes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874527423     PISSN: 18601804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2012/0163-0233     Document Type: Article

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