Thermal modeling of Carboniferous to Triassic sediments of the Karawanken Range (Southern Alps) as a tool for paleogeographic reconstructions in the Alpine-Dinaridic-Pannonian realm

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-209

  Rantitsch, Gerd ^a   Rainer, Thomas ^a  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Karawanken Range; Paleogeography; Southern Alps; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL MATURITY; TRIASSIC; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; KARAWANKEN RANGE;

EID: 0038457753     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0312-4     Document Type: Article

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