Subduction of continental crust in the Western Alps

Tectonophysics

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 217-235

  Marchant, R H ^a   Stampfli, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine orogeny; Continental crust; Deep seismic sounding; Lithosphere; Mass balance; Subduction; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; MASS BALANCE; SUBDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0030811764     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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