The Gran San Bernardo nappe in the Aosta Valley (western Alps): A composite stack of distinct continental crust units

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 417-431

  Malusà, Marco G ^a   Polino, Riccardo ^a   Martin, Silvana ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gran San Bernardo nappe; Tectono metamorphic evolution; Western Alps; Zona Interna

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; NAPPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALLE D'AOSTA;

EID: 32144458918     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/176.5.417     Document Type: Article

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