Comment on Rosenberg and Garcia: Estimating displacement along the Brenner Fault and orogen-parallel extension in the Eastern Alps, Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) (2011) 100:1129-1145

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1451-1455

  Fügenschuh, Bernhard ^a   Mancktelow, Neil S ^b   Schmid, Stefan S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; OROGENY;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

EID: 84861942446     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-011-0725-4     Document Type: Article

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