Metamorphic and structural evolution of the maures-tanneron massif (se variscan chain): evidence of doming along a transpressional margin

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-230

  Yann, Rolland ^a   Michel, Corsini ^a   Antoine, Demoux ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doming; Exhumation; Maures tanneron massif; Migmatites; Transpression; Variscan chain

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; COLLISION ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EXHUMATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMA; MIGMATITE; MINING; NAPPE; PILE RESPONSE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION; WRENCH FAULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MAURES MASSIF; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; TANNERON MASSIF; VAR; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349150577     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.3.217     Document Type: Article

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