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Structural Relationship Between Saar-Nahe Basin, Odenwald, and Spessart Mts.

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There is an obvious contrast in the structural and metamorphic development between the Saar-Nahe Basin, the Odenwald, and the Spessart Mts.

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  1. Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602-2501, USA

    R. D. Dallmeyer

  2. Justus-Liebig-Universität, Senckenbergstrasse 3, 35390, Giessen, Germany

    W. Franke

  3. Institut für Geologie und Dynamik der Lithosphäre, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077, Göttingen, Germany

    K. Weber

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Weber, K. (1995). Structural Relationship Between Saar-Nahe Basin, Odenwald, and Spessart Mts.. In: Dallmeyer, R.D., Franke, W., Weber, K. (eds) Pre-Permian Geology of Central and Eastern Europe. IGCP-Project 233. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77518-5_19

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