The Western Alps from the Jurassic to Oligocene: Spatio-temporal constraints and evolutionary reconstructions

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 281-306

  Rosenbaum, Gideon ^a,b   Lister, Gordon S ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine Orogeny; Alps; Ophiolite complexes; Reconstruction; Subduction

Indexed keywords

OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; PHANEROZOIC; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS; WORLD;

EID: 13444281957     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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