Deep structure and tectonics of the Valais - And the rest of the Alps

Bulletin fuer Angewandte Geologie

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Kissling, Edi ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; AXIAL REGIONS; CONVERGENCE RATES; DEEP STRUCTURE; EROSION RATES; EURASIAN PLATES; LITHOSPHERE MANTLE; OCEAN BASINS; ROLL BACK; STRESS FIELD;

OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 69549118960     PISSN: 14206846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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