Reply to comments by L. Michon and O. Merle on "Evolution of the European Cenozoic Rift System: Interaction of the Alpine and Pyrenean orogens with their foreland lithosphere" by P. Dèzes, S.M. Schmid and P.A. Ziegler, Tectonophysics 389 (2004) 1-33

Tectonophysics

Volumn 401, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 257-262

  Dèzes, Pierre ^a   Schmid, Stefan M ^a   Ziegler, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crust; Lithosphere; Mantle; Orogeny; Rifting; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

RIFT ZONE;

EID: 20444386885     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.02.002     Document Type: Note

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