Structure and deformational history of the Infrahelvetic flysch units, Glarus Alps, eastern Switzerland

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 439-460

  Lihou, Joanne C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Koninlijke Shell Explor PL

Author keywords

Blattengrat; Flysch; Foreland basin; Infrahelvetic; Sardona; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE; DEFORMATION; FLYSCH; FOLD; FORELAND BASIN; TECTONICS;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS, GLARUS ALPS;

EID: 0029767587     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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