A crustal-scale cross-section through the Tauern Window (eastern Alps) from geophysical and geological data

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 298, Issue , 2008, Pages 219-229

  Lammerer, B ^a   Gebrande, H ^a   Luschen E ^b   Vesela P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; DUPLEX; FOLDING; HANGING WALL; NAPPE; SOFTWARE; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; TAUERN WINDOW;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 51249086429     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP298.11     Document Type: Article

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