Two-phase orogenic convergence in the external and internal SW Alps

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 815-826

  Ford, Mary ^a   Duchêne, Stéphanie ^a   Gasquet, Dominique ^a,b   Vanderhaeghe, Olivier ^c  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; NAPPE; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERTIARY;

ALPS; COTTIAN ALPS; DORA MAIRA MASSIF; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 33748650622     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492005-034     Document Type: Article

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