Thermal structure of a major crustal shear zone, the basal thrust in the Scandinavian Caledonides

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 385, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-171

  Fauconnier, J ^a,b   Labrousse, L ^a,b   Andersen, T B ^c   Beyssac, O ^d   Duprat Oualid, S ^e   Yamato, P ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Caledonides; RAMAN thermometry; Thermo kinematic modelling; Thrust zones

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIDES; CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PEAK TEMPERATURES; RAMAN THERMOMETRY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THRUST ZONE;

GRADING;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CALEDONIDES;

EID: 84887532293     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.038     Document Type: Article

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