The Alps in the Cretaceous: A doubly vergent pre-collisional orogen

Terra Nova

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 351-356

  Zanchetta, Stefano ^a   Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^b   Zanchi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EOCENE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; JURASSIC; OROGENIC BELT; PERMIAN; SUBDUCTION; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS;

EID: 84866020705     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2012.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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