The crystalline basement of the Adria microplate in the eastern Alps: A review of the palaeostructural evolution from the Neoproterozoic to the Cenozoic

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 31-50

  Spiess, Richard ^a   Cesare, Bernardo ^a   Mazzoli, Claudio ^a   Sassi, Raffaele ^a   Sassi, Francesco Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic microplate; Alpine evolution; Austroalpine; Eastern Alps; Palaeozoic evolution; Southalpine

Indexed keywords

ALPINE EVOLUTION; AUSTROALPINE; EASTERN ALPS; MICROPLATES; PALAEOZOIC; SOUTHALPINE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BUILDINGS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 80053084766     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-010-0100-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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