The geometry and timing of orogenic extension: An example from the western Italian Alps

Contacts between rocks recording large differences in metamorphic grade are indicative of major tectonic displacements. Low-P upon high-P contacts are commonly interpreted as extensional (i.e. material points on either side of the contact moved apart relative to the palaeo-horizontal), but dating of...

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Main Authors: Reddy, Steven, Wheeler, J., Cliff, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwells 1999
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Online Access:http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00220.x
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31300