Basement shear zones development and shortening kinematics in the Ecrins Massif, Western Alps

Tectonics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 84-111

  Bellanger, M ^a,b   Bellahsen, N ^c   Jolivet, L ^a,b   Baudin, T ^a   Augier, R ^a,b   Boutoux, A ^c  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

Ecrins Massif; external zone; shortening; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

QUARTZ; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS; ECRINS MASSIF; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; LOCALIZED DEFORMATIONS; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; SHORTENING; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; WESTERN ALPS;

BUILDINGS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; OLIGOCENE; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE;

ALPS; FRANCE; PELVOUX MASSIF; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84893842665     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013TC003294     Document Type: Article

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