INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF NEOTECTONICS O F GEOMORPHOLOGICAL IRREGULARITIES IN A VALLEY OF THE NORTH-WESTERN ALPS - THE GRESIVAUDAN

Authors
DARMENDRAIL X MENARD G TARDY M
Citation
X. Darmendrail et al., INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF NEOTECTONICS O F GEOMORPHOLOGICAL IRREGULARITIES IN A VALLEY OF THE NORTH-WESTERN ALPS - THE GRESIVAUDAN, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 318(6), 1994, pp. 815-821
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
318
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
815 - 821
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1994)318:6<815:IITONO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The geomorphological markers studied along the eastern edge of the Gre sivaudan valley reveal the existence of two normal faults at the foot wall of the ''Collines bordieres'' of Belledonne. Geomorphological, st ructural and geophysical surveys lead to the dating and quantification of the vertical displacements. The downwarping of the valley is a con sequence of transverse extensive tectonics (perpendicular to the alpin e arc), which is a gravity response to the uplift of Belledonne.