Sequence of thrusting within a thick-skinned tectonic wedge: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar and Rb-Sr ages from the Austroalpine nappe complex of the Eastern Alps

Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-86

  Dallmeyer, R David ^a   Handler, Robert ^a,b   Neubauer, Franz ^a,b   Fritz, Harry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; CRETACEOUS; NAPPE; RUBIDIUM/STRONTIUM DATING; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUSTING;

AUSTRIA, ALPS;

EID: 0031776154     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516008     Document Type: Article

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