A map-view restoration of the alpine-carpathian-dinaridic system for the early miocene

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Ustaszewski, Kamil ^a,e   Schmid, Stefan M ^a   Fügenschuh, Bernhard ^a,b   Tischler, Matthias ^a,f   Kissling, Eduard ^c   Spakman, Wim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adriatic plate; Alps; Carpathians; Dinarides; Kinematics; Palinspastic restoration; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ALPS; CARPATHIANS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 57849143709     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1288-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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