Linking the northern Alps with their foreland: The latest exhumation history resolved by low-temperature thermochronology

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Von Hagke, C ^a,b   Cederbom, C E ^c   Oncken, O ^a   Stckli, D F ^d   Rahn, M K ^e   Schlunegger, F ^f  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SWEDISH GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84868010778     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC003078     Document Type: Article

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