Present-day lithospheric strength of the Eastern Alps and its relationship to neotectonics

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Willingshofer, Ernst ^a   Cloetingh, Sierd ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eastern Alps; Lithospheric strength; Neotectonics; Rheology; TRANSALP

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERE; NEOTECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRENGTH;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1842585029     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001463     Document Type: Article

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