Lateral variation in structural style of mountain building: Controls of rheological and rift inheritance

Terra Nova

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-207

  Jammes, Suzon ^a,c   Huismans, Ritske S ^a   Muñoz, Josep Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; RHEOLOGY; RIFT ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST;

PYRENEES;

EID: 84898792791     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12087     Document Type: Article

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