The Late Variscan control on the location and asymmetry of the Upper Rhine Graben

The NNE-trending Upper Rhine Graben (URG) of the European Cenozoic Rift System developed from c. 47 Ma onwards in response to changing lithospheric stresses in the northwestern foreland of the Alps. The composite graben structure consists of three segments, each c. 100 km long and 30-40 km wide, but...

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Hauptverfasser: Grimmer, Jens Carsten (VerfasserIn) , Ritter, Joachim R. R. (VerfasserIn) , Eisbacher, Gerhard H. (VerfasserIn) , Fielitz, Werner (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: International journal of earth sciences
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 106, Heft: 3, Pages: 827-853
ISSN:1437-3262
DOI:10.1007/s00531-016-1336-x
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-016-1336-x
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00531-016-1336-x
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Verfasserangaben:J. C. Grimmer, J. R. R. Ritter, G. H. Eisbacher, W. Fielitz

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