The Alps 2: Controls on crustal subduction and (ultra)high-pressure rock exhumation in Alpine-type orogens

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5987-6022

  Butler, Jared P ^a   Beaumont, Christopher ^a   Jamieson, Rebecca A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

exhumation; subduction; tectonics; ultrahigh pressure metamorphism; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; EXHUMATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84906233608     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010799     Document Type: Article

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