Structural and sedimentary records of the Oligocene revolution in the Western Alpine arc

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 56-57, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-38

  Dumont, T ^a   Schwartz, S ^a   Guillot, S ^a   Simon Labric, T ^a   Tricart, P ^a   Jourdan, S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Collision; Continental subduction; Foreland basins; Western Alps; Westward escape

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CURVATURE; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SLAB; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; TECTONIC WEDGE;

ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84857998315     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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