Inverted Mesozoic rift structures in the Polish Western Carpathians (High-Tatric units). Comparison with similar features in the Western Alps

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 181-202

  Dumont, Thierry ^a   Wieczorek, Jozef ^b   Bouillin, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Extensional structures; Inversion; Jurassic; Rifting; Western Alps; Western carpathians

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXTENSION; MESOZOIC; RIFTING; TECTONIC INVERSION;

FRANCE, ALPS; POLAND; POLAND, CARPATHIANS;

EID: 0029750491     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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