Multistage accretion and exhumation of the continental crust (Ivrea crustal section, Italy and Switzerland)

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1154-1177

  Handy, M R ^a   Franz, L ^b   Heller, F ^c   Janott, B ^a   Zurbriggen, R ^d  

^a JLU Giessen   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Geologisches Institut   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EXHUMATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; ITALY; IVREA ZONE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033502314     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900034     Document Type: Article

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