Unravelling the interaction between tectonic and sedimentary processes during lithospheric thinning in the Alpine Tethys margins

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 75-101

  Mohn, Geoffroy ^a   Manatschal, Gianreto ^a   Müntener, Othmar ^b   Beltrando, Marco ^c   Masini, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Extensional tectonics; Magma poor rifted margins; Tethys; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION; SINEMURIAN; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TETHYS;

ALPS; ITALY; LIGURIA; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

EID: 77956281967     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0566-6     Document Type: Review

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