Structure and Tertiary tectonic history of the Mulhouse High, Upper Rhine Graben: Block faulting modified by changes in the Alpine stress regime

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Rotstein, Y ^a,b,c   Schaming, Marc ^a   Rousse, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c US Israel Binational Science Foundation   (Israel)

^d UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; RIFT ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE GRABEN; WORLD;

EID: 19844370985     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004TC001654     Document Type: Article

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