Pre-collisional ductile extension in the internal western Alps (Sesia zone, Italy)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 175-188

  Avigad, Dov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpine Orogeny; Blueschist facies; Eclogite facies; Extension tectonics; Sesia Zone

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; METAMORPHISM;

ITALY, ALPS, SESIA ZONE;

EID: 0029757536     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00223-y     Document Type: Article

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