Kinematics of Penninic nappes (Glockner Nappe and basement-cover nappes) in the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps, Austria) during subduction and Penninic-Austroalpine collision

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 573-605

  Kurz, Walter ^a   Neubauer, Franz ^a   Genser, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basement cover nappes; Eastern Alps; Eclogite Zone; Eclogites; Glockner Nappe; Kinematics; Nappe stacking; Penninic nappes; Subduction; Suture; Tertiary continent collision

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; COLLISION; KINEMATICS; PENNINIC NAPPE; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TERTIARY;

AUSTRIA, ALPS, TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 0029773265     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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