Reply to comment by Y. Rolland et al. on "Alpine thermal and structural evolution of the highest external crystalline massif: The Mont Blanc"

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Leloup, P Herve ^a   Arnaud, N ^b   Lacassin, R ^c   Sobel, E R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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EID: 34447095602     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002022     Document Type: Note

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