The transition from passive to active margin tectonics: A case study from the Zone of Samedan (eastern Switzerland)

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 832-851

  Handy, M R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active margin; Alpine tectonics; Austro Alpine; Basin inversion; Passive margin; Rifting; Tethys

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; BASIN INVERSION; FAULT REACTIVATION; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; TETHYS;

SWITZERLAND, SAMEDAN ZONE;

EID: 0030439449     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02440114     Document Type: Article

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