Short-scale variations of tectonic regimes in the western European stress province north of the Alps and Pyrenees

Tectonophysics

Volumn 275, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 199-219

  Muller B ^a   Wehrle, V ^a   Zeyen, H ^b   Fuchs, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crustal fragmentation; Decoupling; Deformation rate; Differential velocity; Tectonic regimes; Tectonic stress; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FRAGMENTATION; DECOUPLING; DEFORMATION RATE; STRESS;

EUROPE, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0031428038     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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