Flexure and 'unflexure' of the North Alpine German-Austrian Molasse Basin: constraints from forward tectonic modelling

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 134, Issue , 1998, Pages 403-422

  Andeweg, B ^a   Cloetingh, S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FLEXURE; FORELAND BASIN; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; TECTONICS;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY;

EID: 0032323456     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.134.01.19     Document Type: Article

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