Structural and petrographic map of the Sassa gabbro complex (Dent Blanche nappe, Austroalpine tectonic system, western Alps, Italy)

Journal of Maps

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-430

  Baletti, Luca ^a   Zanoni, Davide ^a   Spalla, M Iole ^a,b   Gosso, Guido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multi scale structural analysis; Permian gabbros; Pre alpine vs. alpine evolution; Strain partitioning map

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876972710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2012.745678     Document Type: Article

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