Evolution of the European Cenozoic Rift System: Interaction of the Alpine and Pyrenean orogens with their foreland lithosphere

Tectonophysics

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-33

  Dèzes, Pierre ^a   Schmid, S M ^a   Ziegler, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crust; Lithosphere; Mantle; Orogeny; Rifting; Subduction; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CENOZOIC; RIFT ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4944248624     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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