Kinematic evolution of a tectonic wedge above a flat-lying décollement: The Alpine foreland at the interface between the Jura mountains (Northern Alps) and the Upper Rhine graben

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 469-472

  Nivière, Bertrand ^a   Giamboni, Marzio ^b   Innocent, Christophe ^c   Winter, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Alpine foreland; Jura Mountains; Tectonic wedge; Upper Rhine graben

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; ALPINE FORELAND; JURA MOUNTAINS; TECTONIC WEDGE; UPPER RHINE GRABEN;

DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FRONTAL FEATURE; KINEMATICS; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC WEDGE; UPLIFT;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; JURA MOUNTAINS; PREALPS; RHINE VALLEY; UPPER RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 33745305160     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22334.1     Document Type: Article

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