Syn-convergent exhumation implied by progressive deformation and metamorphism in the Valle dell'Orco transect, NW Italian Alps

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 667-677

  Inger, Simon ^a   Ramsbotham, Will ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alpine Orogeny; Eclogite; Exhumation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHISM; TECTONICS;

ITALY, ALPS, VALLE DELL'ORCO;

EID: 0031435478     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.4.0667     Document Type: Article

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