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4 - Large-scale features of orogens: thrusts and folds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Michael R. W. Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Simon L. Harley
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
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Orogenesis
The Making of Mountains
, pp. 45 - 92
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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