Late cretaceous, synorogenic, low-angle normal faulting along the Schlinig fault (Switzerland, Italy, Austria) and its significance for the tectonics of the Eastern Alps

Tectonophysics

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 267-293

  Froitzheim, N ^a   Conti, P ^a,b   Van Daalen, M ^a  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b Direzione Rilevamento   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Austroalpine; Low angle normal fault; Synorogenic extension; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; NORMAL FAULTING; TECTONICS;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0031409965     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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