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The Western Alps from the Jurassic to Oligocene: spatio-temporal constraints and evolutionary reconstructions

Date

Authors

Rosenbaum, Gideon

Lister, Gordon

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Despite extensive research in the last 150 years, the regional tectonic reconstruction of the Western Alps has remained controversial. The curved orogenic belt consists of several ribbon-like continental terranes (Sesia/Austroalpine, Internal Crystalline

Keywords

Keywords: ophiolite; orogenic belt; Phanerozoic; plate convergence; structural geology; tectonic evolution; terrane; Alps; Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia; Europe; Western Alps; World Alpine Orogeny; Alps; Ophiolite complexes; Reconstruction; Subduction

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/83067

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Earth-Science Reviews

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.10.001

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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