Late-stage deformation in a collisional orogen (Western Alps): Nappe refolding, back-thrusting or normal faulting?

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-117

  Bucher, Stefan ^a   Schmid, Stefan M ^a   Bousquet, Romain ^a   Fügenschuh, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FOLDING; NAPPE; SHEAR;

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EID: 0038304357     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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