The arc of the western Alps in the light of geophysical data on deep crustal structure

Tectonics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-85

  Schmid, S M ^a   Kissling, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CROPS; GEOPHYSICS; KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL MATERIALS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEEP CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; WEDGE-SHAPED STRUCTURE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0001798571     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900057     Document Type: Article

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