Tectonics of the Simplon massif and Lepontine gneiss dome: Deformation structures due to collision between the underthrusting European plate and the Adriatic indenter

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 515-546

  Steck, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine tectonics; Continental collision; Nappe tectonics; Simplon massif; Transpression

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; DOME; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLDING; MAPPING; NAPPE; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST; TRANSPRESSION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; KINEMATICS; MANTLE; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIGOCENE; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; TECTONICS;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEPONTINE ALPS; SIMPLON; FRANCE; RHONE; RHONE-ALPES; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54149099627     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1283-z     Document Type: Article

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