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Nappe Structures

Nappe Structures is a large-scale tectonic feature characterized by a sheet-like body of rock that has been transported over considerable distances along a low-angle thrust fault due to compressional forces within a thrust belt.

337

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17.8K

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885

Authors

335

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2017–2026

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Variants

Nappes

Parents

Publications

337

Low-angle normal faults in the Basin and Range Province: nappe tectonics in an extending orogen

Brian P. Wernicke · Nature · 1981 · 1.2K citations

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Thrust and nappe tectonics

R. Nicholson · Journal of Structural Geology · 1981 · 629 citations

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Nappe stacking resulting from subduction of oceanic and continental lithosphere below Greece

Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, E. Hafkenscheid, Wim Spakman et al. · Geology · 2005 · 351 citations

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Jurassic accretion tectonics of Japan

Yukio Isozaki · Island Arc · 1997 · 295 citations

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Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core between the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, central Nepal

Jean‐Claude Vannay, K. V. Hodges · Journal of Metamorphic Geology · 1996 · 295 citations

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Authors

885

  1. OA
    O. Adrian Pfiffner

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    7 publications · 598 citations

    7

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  2. SM
    Stefan M. Schmalholz

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    6 publications · 184 citations

    6

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  3. KS
    Karel Schulmann

    Université de Strasbourg, France

    4 publications · 232 citations

    4

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  4. AS
    A. Steck

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    4 publications · 419 citations

    4

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  5. RB
    Romain Bousquet

    University of Potsdam, Germany

    4 publications · 215 citations

    4

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Institutions

335

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    51 publications

    3K citations

  2. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Université d'Orléans

    Orléans, France

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    392 citations

  6. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    337 citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    2K citations

  8. AGH University of Krakow

    Krakow, Poland

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    429 citations

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Venues

  1. Tectonics

    29 publications · 2.3K citations

    24

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  2. Journal of Structural Geology

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

    22

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  3. Geological Society London Special Publications

    33 publications · 1.6K citations

    21

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  4. Tectonophysics

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

    19

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  5. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 12 publications · 640 citations

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