Crustal thermal regime prior to, during, and after rifting: A geochronological and modeling study of the Mesozoic South Alpine rifted margin

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-200

  Bertotti, G ^a   Seward, D ^c   Wijbrans, J ^a   Ter Voorde, M ^a   Hurford, A J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MESOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0033036806     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998TC900028     Document Type: Article

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