Tertiary tectono-metamorphic evolution of the European margin during Alpine collison: Example of the Leventina Nappe (Central Alps, Switzerland)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Rütti, Roger ^a,b   Marquer, Didier ^c   Thompson, Alan Bruce ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Dr M Kobel and Partner AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Alps; Deformation history; Leventina Nappe; P T evolution

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COLLISION ZONE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

MICAS;

EID: 57849158127     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1278-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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