Apatite fission track ages from the Adula nappe: Late-state exhumation and relief evolution

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 233-245

  Rahn, Meinert K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adula nappe; Alps; Exhumation; Fission track; Late stage evolution

Indexed keywords

APATITE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MIOCENE; NAPPE; NORMAL FAULT; PLIOCENE;

ADULA;

EID: 36348974703     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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