Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-859-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-859-2018
Research article
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11 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 11 Jul 2018

Inverted distribution of ductile deformation in the relatively “dry” middle crust across the Woodroffe Thrust, central Australia

Sebastian Wex, Neil S. Mancktelow, Friedrich Hawemann, Alfredo Camacho, and Giorgio Pennacchioni

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