Plate tectonics of the Alpine realm

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 327, Issue , 2009, Pages 89-111

  Stampfli, Gérard M ^a   Hochard, Cyril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALPINE OROGENY; DISPLACEMENT; GEODYNAMICS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; MICROPLATE; OCEAN BASIN; PERMIAN; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

EID: 75249106760     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP327.6     Document Type: Article

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