Dating synmagmatic folds: a case study of Schlingen structures in the Strona-Ceneri Zone (southern Alps, northern Italy)

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-414

  Zurbriggen, R ^a   Kamber, B S ^b   Handy, M R ^c   Nagler T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; FOLD; ORDOVICIAN; SCHISTOSITY; SCHLINGEN STRUCTURE; SYNMAGMATIC FOLDING;

ALPS; ITALY; STRONA-CENERI ZONE;

EID: 0031867341     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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