Post-collisional tectonics in the Northern Cottian Alps (Italian Western Alps)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1349-1373

  Perrone, G ^a   Cadoppi, P ^a,b   Tallone, S ^b   Balestro, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cottian Alps; Faults; Post collisional tectonics; Structural geology; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; NORMAL FAULT; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; COTTIAN ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 80051470771     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0534-1     Document Type: Article

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