Reply to the comment of Fügenschuh et al. on the paper 'Estimating displacement along the Brenner Fault and orogen-parallel extension in the Eastern Alps' by Rosenberg and Garcia, Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) (2011) 100:1129-1145

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1457-1464

  Rosenberg, Claudio L ^a,b   Garcia, Sebastian ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; OROGENY;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

EID: 84861959077     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-011-0726-3     Document Type: Article

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