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Late Cretaceous to Paleogene exhumation in central Europe – localized inversion vs. large-scale domal uplift
University of Göttingen, Geoscience Center, Department of
Sedimentology and Environmental Geology,
Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Jonas Kley
University of Göttingen, Geoscience Center, Department of
Structural Geology and Geodynamics,
Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
István Dunkl
University of Göttingen, Geoscience Center, Department of
Sedimentology and Environmental Geology,
Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Veit-Enno Hoffmann
University of Göttingen, Geoscience Center, Department of
Sedimentology and Environmental Geology,
Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Annemarie Simon
University of Göttingen, Geoscience Center, Department of
Sedimentology and Environmental Geology,
Goldschmidtstrasse 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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