Miocene paleotopography of the Central Alps

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-185

  Campani, M ^a,b   Mulch, A ^a,b,c   Kempf, O ^d   Schlunegger, F ^e   Mancktelow, N ^f  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d Geologische Landesaufnahme ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Alps; Foreland basin; Paleoaltimetry; Paleosol; Simplon fault; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ALPS; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOSOL; SIMPLON FAULT; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROGEN; MICA; SEA LEVEL;

ISOTOPES;

ALTIMETRY; ELEVATION; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOSOL; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; SIMPLON;

EID: 84862673359     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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