Simplon fault zone in the western and central Alps: Mechanism of Neogene faulting and folding revisited

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-320

  Keller, Lukas M ^a   Fügenschuh, Bernhard ^b   Hess, Maurus ^c   Schneider, Bernhard ^c   Schmid, Stefan M ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Backfolding; Indentation tectonics; Metamorphic domes; Simplon fault zone

Indexed keywords

BACKFOLDING; INDENTATION TECTONICS; METAMORPHIC DOMES; SIMPLON FAULT ZONE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CORE COMPLEX; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK; NORMAL FAULTS; TRANSFER ZONES;

EROSION; INDENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; FISSION REACTIONS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

TECTONICS; FAULT SLIPS;

FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; NEOGENE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; EXHUMATION; FAULTING; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; INDENTATION; NORMAL FAULT; TRANSFER ZONE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; SIMPLON FAULT ZONE;

EID: 33645710609     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22256.1     Document Type: Article

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