The Pejo fault system: An example of multiple tectonic activity in the Italian Eastern Alps

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-532

  Viola, Giulio ^a   Mancktelow, Neil S ^b   Seward, Diane ^b   Meier, Andreas ^b   Martin, Silvana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine orogeny; Fault zones; Fission track dating; Structural geology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

PEJO FAULT;

ANNEALING; COOLING; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

TECTONICS;

ALPINE OROGENY; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ITALY;

EID: 0037985291     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0515:TPFSAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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