Anatomy and tectono-sedimentary evolution of a rift-related detachment system: The example of the Err detachment (central Alps, SE Switzerland)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1535-1551

  Masini, Emmanuel ^a   Manatschal, Gianreto ^a   Mohn, Geoffroy ^a   Unternehr, Patrick ^b  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ALLOCHTHONS; BASEMENT ROCKS; CENTRAL ALPS; DETACHMENT FAULTING; JURASSIC; NORMAL FAULTS; RIFT BASIN; SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL STYLES; SWITZERLAND; SYN-RIFT; TILTED BLOCKS; TRANSPORT DIRECTION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; JURASSIC; RIFT ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84867366801     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30557.1     Document Type: Article

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