Area balancing as a test of models for the deep structure of mountain belts, with specific reference to the Alps

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-16

  Butler, Robert W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alps; Continental subduction; Crustal balancing; Rifted continental margins; Western

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RESTORATION;

ALPS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTIONS; MESOZOIC RIFTING; RIFTED CONTINENTAL MARGIN; STRUCTURAL RESTORATIONS; ULTRA-HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; WESTERN;

TECTONICS;

BELT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LOWER CRUST; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGENIC BELT; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84892538630     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2013.03.009     Document Type: Review

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