From pre-Alpine extension to Alpine convergence: The example of the southwestern margin of the Margna nappe (Val Malenco, N-Italy)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-380

  Bissig, Thomas ^a,b   Hermann, Jörg ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine metamorphism; Basaltic dykes; Central Alps; Extensional tectonics; Forno Malenco unit; Jurassic rifting; Margna nappe

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; METAMORPHISM; RIFTING;

ITALY;

EID: 0033391807     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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