A lithbspheric cross-section through the Swiss Alps - I. Thermokinematic modelling of the Neoalpine orogeny

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 504-518

  Okaya, N ^a,b   Freeman, R ^a   Kissling, E ^a   Mueller, St ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collision belts; Crustal deformation; European Geotraverse; Lithosphere; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; EUROPEAN GEOTRAVERSE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS;

EID: 0029731569     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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