Late Cenozoic mineralization, orogenic collapse and slab detachment in the European Alpine Belt

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 569-575

  De Boorder, H ^a   Spakman, W ^a   White, S H ^a   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alps; Lithosphere; Mantle; Mediterranean region; Mineralization; Orogenic belts; Orogeny; Tomography

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MINERALIZATION; OROGENY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032583360     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00247-7     Document Type: Article

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