Geometry and kinematics of early Alpine nappes in a Briançonnais basement (Ambin Massif, Western Alps);Géométrie et cinématique de nappes alpines précoces dans un socle briançonnais (massif d'Ambin, Alpes occidentales)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 336, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1219-1226

  Ganne, Jérôme ^a   Bertrand, Jean Michel ^b   Fudral, Serge ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Alps; Exhumation; HP metamorphism; Penninic domain

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; NAPPE;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS; WORLD;

EID: 9344267682     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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