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Part V - Glacially Triggered Faulting Outside Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2021

Edited by
Holger Steffen ,
Odleiv Olesen  and
Raimo Sutinen
Holger Steffen
Affiliation:
Lantmäteriet, Sweden
Odleiv Olesen
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Norway
Raimo Sutinen
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Finland
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The following chapter summarize findings, suggestions and indications of glacially triggered faulting outside Europe. This concerns formerly and presently glaciated areas in North America and the polar areas on both hemispheres.

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Glacially-Triggered Faulting , pp. 339 - 380
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