Late Oligocene to early Miocene lateral extrusion at the eastern border of the Lepontine dome of the central Alps (Bergell and Insubric areas, eastern central Alps)

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ciancaleoni, Laurent ^a,b   Marquer, Didier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; EXTRUSION; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; OLIGOCENE; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; BERGELL MASSIF; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEPONTINE ALPS;

EID: 55949121060     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002196     Document Type: Article

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