The tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Cretaceous northern Adriatic margin as recorded by sedimentary series (western part of the Eastern Alps)

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 527-551

  Winkler, Wilfried ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adriatic plate; Blueschists; Clastic sedimentary basins; Cretaceous; Eastern Alps; Geodynamics; Heavy minerals; Melanges; Obduction subduction

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC PLATE; CRETACEOUS; OBDUCTION; PROVENANCE; TECTONOMETAMORPHIC EVOLUTION;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0029749892     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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