Post-nappe brittle extension in the inner Western Alps (Schistes Lustrés) following late ductile exhumation: A record of synextension block rotation?

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 306-314

  Agard, P ^a   Fournier, M ^a   Lacombe, O ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CENOZOIC; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

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EID: 0142089882     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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