Kinematics of the Alpine-West Carpathian orogen and palaeogeographic implications

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-110

  Neugebauer, Joachim ^a   Greiner, Bernd ^a   Appel, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alps; Carpathians; Kinematics; Mediterranean; Paleogeography

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0035011749     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.1.97     Document Type: Article

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