Kinematic linkage between internal zone extension and shortening in more external units in the NW Alps

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 439-444

  Wheeler, J ^a   Reddy, S M ^a   Cliff, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alps; Eclogite; Extension; Foreland basins; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; ECLOGITE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FORELAND BASIN; SHEAR ZONE; UNROOFING;

ITALY;

EID: 0034779554     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.3.439     Document Type: Article

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