Structural analysis of the Northeastern margin of the Tertiary intrusive stock of Biella (Western Alps, Italy)

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-140

  Zanoni, Davide ^a,b   Bado, Lorenzo ^a   Spalla, Maria Iole ^a,c   Zucali, Michele ^a   Gosso, Guido ^a,c  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biella pluton; Contact metamorphism; Form surface map; Sesia Lanzo Zone; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849137274     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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