Kinematic evolution of the Romanian Carpathians

Tectonophysics

Volumn 297, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 133-156

  Linzer, Hans Gert ^a,b   Frisch, Wolfgang ^a   Zweigel, Peter ^a   Girbacea, Radu ^a   Hann, Horst Peter ^a   Moser, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Rohol Aufsuchungs AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; KINEMATICS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ROMANIA;

EID: 0032553242     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00166-8     Document Type: Article

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