The nappe rule: Why does it work?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1109-1112

  Ring, Uwe ^a   Kassem, Osama M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FOLIATION; IMBRICATION; METAMORPHISM; NAPPE; OROGENY; STRESS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAIAN ALPS; GRAN PARADISO; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 35748965302     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-020     Document Type: Article

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