Seismic reflection evidence for thick-skinned tectonics in the northern Jura

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 250-256

  Rotstein, Y ^a,b   Schaming, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; THRUST FAULT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; FRANCHE-COMTE; JURA [FRANCHE-COMTE]; JURA MOUNTAINS; RHINE GRABEN; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7044226191     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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