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| The Alps is the result of the ongoing convergence between the Adriatic micro-plate and the European continent. Convergence initiated sometimes after the mid-Cretaceous. The horizontal shortening is constrained in between 63 to 73%. Involved in the collision: the south passive margin of the European plate, the Briançonnais terranes, the Piemont ocean, the Austroalpine terrans, and the Adriatic microplate. The following sections and maps are extracted from the Ph.D. thesis of Robin Marchant (Université de Lausanne) | |||||
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