Paleotectonic evolution of the Zürcher Weinland (northern Switzerland), based on 2D and 3D seismic data

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-362

  Marchant, Robin ^a   Ringgenberg, Yann ^b   Stampfli, Gérard ^b   Birkhäuser, Philip ^c   Roth, Philippe ^d   Meier, Beat ^d  

^a Musée cantonal de Géologie Quartier UNIL Dorigny   (Switzerland)

^b Inst Geologie Paléontologie   (Switzerland)

^c NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^d Proseis AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D seismics; Benken; Half graben; Inversion; Paleotectonics; Permian; Permo Carboniferous; Triassic; Z rcher Weinland

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; PERMIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TROUGH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33645291745     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-005-1171-8     Document Type: Article

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