The transition from Variscan collision to continental break-up in the Alps: Insights from the comparison between natural data and numerical model predictions

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 363-400

  Spalla, Maria Iole ^a,b   Zanoni, Davide ^a   Marotta, Anna Maria ^a,b   Rebay, Gisella ^c   Roda, Manuel ^d   Zucali, Michele ^a,b   Gosso, Guido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANGAEA; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; TETHYS;

ALPS;

EID: 84917681261     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP405.11     Document Type: Article

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