Tertiary tectonics of the Dannemarie basin, upper Rhine graben, and regional implications

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 669-679

  Rotstein, Y ^a,b,c   Schaming, M ^a   Rousse, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c US Israel Binational Science Foundation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dannemarie basin; Rhine graben; Seismic reflection; Vosges mountains

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TERTIARY;

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

EID: 27844526988     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0473-4     Document Type: Article

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