Mapping of the post-collisional cooling history of the Eastern Alps

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Luth, Stefan W ^a   Willingshofer, Ernst ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooling; Eastern Alps; Exhumation; Geochronology; Mapping; Tauern Window

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATING METHOD; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAP; MAPPING;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57849098683     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1294-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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