Intraplate deformation and 3D rheological structure of the Rhine Rift System and adjacent areas of the northern Alpine foreland

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 758-778

  Cloetingh, Sierd ^a   Ziegler, P A ^b   Beekman, F ^a   Andriessen, P A M ^a   Hardebol, N ^a   Dezes P ^b  

^a Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Science ISES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D rheological structure; Alpine foreland; Intraplate deformation; Rhine graben

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FORELAND BASIN; RHEOLOGY;

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

EID: 27844537814     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0502-3     Document Type: Article

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