A lithospheric cross-section through the Swiss Alps - II. Constraints on the mechanical structure of a continent-continent collision zone

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 399-414

  Okaya, N ^a,c   Cloetingh, S ^a   Mueller, St ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collision belts; Crustal deformation; European Geotraverse; Lithosphere; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; EUROPEAN GEOTRAVERSE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS;

EID: 0030423769     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04729.x     Document Type: Article

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