Quaternary deformations along the 'Engadine-Gruf tectonic system', Swiss-Italian Alps

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 475-487

  Tibaldi, Alessandro ^a   Pasquarè, Federico A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Engadine Line; Gruf Line; LGM; OSL; Quaternary faults

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SLOPE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 48649105471     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1150     Document Type: Article

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