Thermo-mechanical approach to validation of deep crustal and lithospheric structures inferred from multidisciplinary data: Application to the Western and Northern Alps

Terra Nova

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 124-131

  Burov, E ^a,c   Podladchkov, Y ^b   Grandjean, G ^a   Burg, J P ^b  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033369805     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1999.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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