Structural inheritance in mountain belts: An Alpine-Apennine perspective

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1893-1908

  Butler, Robert W H ^a   Tavarnelli, Enrico ^b   Grasso, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Apennines; Basement reactivation; Inversion tectonics; Maghrebides; Rheology; Structural inheritance

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT REACTIVATION; ECLOGITE METAMORPHISM; INVERSION TECTONICS; OROGENIC BELTS; STRUCTURAL INHERITANCE;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; INVERSION TECTONICS; OBLIQUE FAULT; OROGENIC BELT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TETHYS; THRUST;

ALPS; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750941740     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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