Strain partitioning and metamorphism in a deformable orogenic wedge: Application to the Alpine belt

Tectonophysics

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 157-169

  Allemand, Pascal ^a   Lardeaux, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Corner flow; Eclogites; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001585774     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00136-4     Document Type: Article

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