Controls of surface erosion on the evolution of the Alps: Constraints from the stratigraphies of the adjacent foreland basins

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 285-304

  Schlunegger, F ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erosion and tectonics; Orogenic system; Wedge mechanics

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; EROSION; FORELAND BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033384547     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050265     Document Type: Article

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