Can crustal extension be distinguished from thrusting in the internal parts of mountain belts? A case history of the Entrelor shear zone, Western Alps

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 909-923

  Butler, Robert W H ^a   Freeman, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; KINEMATICS; MAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL EXTENSION; ECLOGITES; ENTRELOR SHEAR ZONE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MOUNTAIN BELTS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; THERMOCHRONOMETRIC METHODS; WESTERN ALPS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ALPINE OROGENY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; THRUSTING;

ITALY, ALPS, GRAN PARADISO MASSIF;

EID: 0030185297     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(96)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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