Role of transform continental margins in major crustal growth episodes

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-42

  Patchett, P Jonathan ^a   Chase, Clement G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian shield; Crustal growth; Neodymium; Precambrian; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL GROWTH;

PROBABILITY; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; PLATE TECTONICS; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 84879880119     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0039:ROTCMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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