Geological outline of the Alps

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摘要 TheAlpsweredevelopedfromtheCretaceousonwardsbysubductionofaMesozoicoceanandcollisionbetweentheAdriatic(Austroalpine-Southalpine)andEuropean(Penninic-Helvetic)continentalmargins.TheAustroalpine-Penninicwedgeisthecoreofthecollisionalbelt,afossilsubductioncomplexwhichfloatsontheEuropeanlowerplate.Itconsistsofcontinentalandminoroceanicnappesandismarkedbyablueschist-to-eclogite-faciesimprintofCretaceous-Eoceneage,followedbyaBarrovianoverprint.ThecollisionalwedgewaslateraccretedbytheHelveticbasementandcoverunitsandindentedbytheSouthalpinelithosphere,whichinturnwasdeformedasanantitheticfold-and-thrustbelt.
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出处 《地质幕:英文版》 2003年3期
出版日期 2003年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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