Tertiary paleomagnetic results and structural analysis from the Transdanubian Range (Hungary): Rotational disintegration of the Alcapa unit

Tectonophysics

Volumn 363, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 201-224

  Márton, Emö ^a   Fodor, László ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alps; Carpathians; Faulting; Miocene; Paleomagnetism; Pannonian basin; Rotation

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TERTIARY;

HUNGARY; PANNONIAN BASIN; TRANSDANUBIAN RANGE;

EID: 0037435080     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00672-8     Document Type: Article

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