EVIDENCE FOR A NORMAL DUCTILE FAULT IN THE ROIGNAIS-VERSOYEN UNIT (WESTERN ALPS, FRANCE)

Authors
CANNIC S MUGNIER JL LARDEAUX JM
Citation
S. Cannic et al., EVIDENCE FOR A NORMAL DUCTILE FAULT IN THE ROIGNAIS-VERSOYEN UNIT (WESTERN ALPS, FRANCE), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 321(6), 1995, pp. 513-519
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
321
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
513 - 519
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1995)321:6<513:EFANDF>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
SE of Mont-Blanc (Western Alps, France), the Roignais-Versoyen unit is composed of the ''flysch de Tarentaise'' and the Versoyen suite. New structural data (stretching lineation, extensional crenulation cleavag e, drag folds) indicate a top to the SE shearing. The Versoyen zone ca n be interpreted as a normal ductile fault under green schist facies c onditions. The consequences of the extensional event during the collis ion between Europe and Apulia are discussed.