Tilting of the Bergell Pluton and Central Lepontine area: Combined evidence from paleomagnetic, structural and petrological data

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-356

  Rosenberg, Claudio L ^a,b   Heller, Friedrich ^c  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Bergell; Lepontine; Paleomagnetism; Steep belts; Tectonics; Tilting

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCENE; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC ROTATION; TILTING; TONALITE; UPLIFT;

EUROPE, ALPS, LEPONTINE ALPS, BERGELL MASSIF;

EID: 0031410372     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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