Synmagmatic folding of the base of the Bergell pluton, Central Alps

Tectonophysics

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 213-238

  Davidson, C ^a,b   Rosenberg, C ^a   Schmid, S M ^a  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; FOLDING; GRANODIORITE; PLUTON; SYNMAGMATIC DEFORMATION; TONALITE;

EUROPE, ALPS, BERGELL MASSIF;

EID: 0030438502     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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