The Variscan evolution in the External massifs of the Alps and place in their Variscan framework

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 239-252

  von Raumer, Jürgen F ^a   Bussy, François ^b   Stampfli, Gérard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

External Alps; Variscan basement

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 63049131797     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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