Origin of the Monte Rosa nappe in the Pennine Alps - A new working hypothesis

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 604-614

  Froitzheim, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine tectonics; Monte Rosa; Paleogeography; Pennine Alps; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

PALEOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN;

CATCHMENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

LITHOLOGY;

ALPINE OROGENY; DEFORMATION; NAPPE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ITALY;

EID: 84879890789     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0604:OOTMRN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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