How hard were the Jura mountains pushed?

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-310

  Hindle, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcite twinning; Jura mountains; Palaeopiezometry

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PIEZOMETER; STRESS; TECTONIC SETTING; TWINNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECTONICS; THRUST;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS; MOLASSE BASIN; SWISS MOLASSE BASIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 54049115445     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1272-2     Document Type: Article

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