Strain partitioning in the axial NW Alps since the Oligocene

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Malusá, Marco G ^a   Polino, Riccardo ^b   Zattin, Massimiliano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; OLIGOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALLE D'AOSTA;

EID: 70350142646     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002370     Document Type: Article

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