Rotation and exhumation of a thrust plane: Apatite fission-track data from the Glarus thrust, Switzerland

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 599-602

  Rahn, M K ^a   Hurford, A J ^b   Frey, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

APATITE FISSION TRACK AGES; APATITE FISSION TRACKS; CLOSURE TEMPERATURES; HORIZONTAL PROFILE; ISOTHERMAL PLANES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

FISSION REACTIONS;

APATITE; EXHUMATION; FAULT PLANE; FISSION TRACK DATING; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC ROTATION; TERTIARY; THRUST FAULT; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; THRUST PLANE;

CENTRAL ALPS; GLARUS ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030731105     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0599:RAEOAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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