The last phase of deposition in the Swiss Molasse Basin: From foredeep to negative-alpha basin

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 623-639

  Willett, Sean D ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; LITHOSPHERE; NEOGENE; PIGGYBACK BASIN; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTATION; UPLIFT;

ALPS; JURA MOUNTAINS; MOLASSE BASIN; SWISS MOLASSE BASIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77956410593     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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