Basement-cover relationships in the Tambo nappe (Central Alps, Switzerland): geometry, structure and kinematics

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-5, 1993, Pages 543-553

  Baudin, Thierry ^a   Marquer, Didier ^a   Persoz, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; BASEMENT/COVER RELATIONSHIP; DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SWTIZERLAND, ALPS;

CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; ROCKS;

BASEMENT COVER GEOMETRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; SHORTENING; TAMBO NAPPE, CENTRAL ALPS, SWITZERLAND;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0027334481     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(93)90147-3     Document Type: Article

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