Anatomy of a diffuse cryptic suture zone: An example from the Bohemian Massif, European variscides

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 275-278

  Schulmann, Karel ^a,b   Lexa, Ondrej ^a,c   Janoušek, Vojtěch ^a,c   Lardeaux, Jean Marc ^d   Edel, Jean Bernard ^b  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BOHEMIAN MASSIFS; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; LATE PALEOZOIC; LOWER CRUST; OROGENS; UPPER PLATE; VARISCAN BELT;

TECTONICS;

ANATOMY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PLATE MOTION; SUTURE ZONE;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

EID: 84896093374     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35290.1     Document Type: Article

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