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Our understanding of the crust and of crustal tectonics has increased dramatically following the application of seismic (near-vertical) reflection techniques to studies of the deep crust. This is particularly true in the area of the Variscan mountain belts, where compressional tectonics was preceded and followed by extension and/or wrench faulting. Results from seismic reflection work not only have answered the old question of autochthonous or allochthonous tectonics, the whole architecture of the crust, the various ways of faulting, folding, and detachments, and a “continental” way of plate tectonics have been revealed by the interpretation of seismic records.
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Meissner, R., Tanner, B. (1990). Structure and Tectonics in the Oberpfalz Area and Its Surroundings. In: Fuchs, K., Kozlovsky, Y.A., Krivtsov, A.I., Zoback, M.D. (eds) Super-Deep Continental Drilling and Deep Geophysical Sounding. Exploration of the Deep Continental Crust. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50143-2_11
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