Recent fault scarps at the Grands-Moulins (Savoy) reveal a major deep seated gravitational spreading (Sackung) in the French Alps;Les failles récentes des Grands-Moulins (Savoie) : un Sackung (tassement gravitaire) majeur dans les Alpes françaises

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 338, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 734-741

  Hippolyte, Jean Claude ^a   Tardy, Marc ^a   Nicoud, Gérard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b Campus Technolac Savoie Mont Blanc University   (France)

Author keywords

'Sackung'; Alps; Deep seated gravitational spreading; Double crest; France; Recent scarp; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULT SCARP; GEOMORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746847262     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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