Fission track and numerical thermal modeling of differential exhumation of the Glarus thrust plane (Switzerland)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 245-259

  Rahn, M K ^a   Grasemann, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alps; Exhumation; Fission track dating; Numerical models; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; METAMORPHISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THRUST;

ALPS; GLARUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033563846     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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