@article{fdi:010067643,
  title = {{P}resent-day uplift of the western {A}lps},
  author = {{N}ocquet, {J}ean-{M}athieu and {S}ue, {C}. and {W}alpersdorf, {A}. and {T}ran, {T}. and {L}enotre, {N}. and {V}ernant, {P}. and {C}ushing, {M}. and {J}ouanne, {F}. and {M}asson, {F}. and {B}aize, {S}. and {C}hery, {J}. and van der {B}eek, {P}. {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}ollisional mountain belts grow as a consequence of continental plate convergence and eventually disappear under the combined effects of gravitational collapse and erosion. {U}sing a decade of {GPS} data, we show that the western {A}lps are currently characterized by zero horizontal velocity boundary conditions, offering the opportunity to investigate orogen evolution at the time of cessation of plate convergence. {W}e find no significant horizontal motion within the belt, but {GPS} and levelling measurements independently show a regional pattern of uplift reaching similar to 2.5 mm/yr in the northwestern {A}lps. {U}nless a low viscosity crustal root under the northwestern {A}lps locally enhances the vertical response to surface unloading, the summed effects of isostatic responses to erosion and glaciation explain at most 60% of the observed uplift rates. {R}ock-uplift rates corrected from transient glacial isostatic adjustment contributions likely exceed erosion rates in the northwestern {A}lps. {I}n the absence of active convergence, the observed surface uplift must result from deep-seated processes.},
  keywords = {{FRANCE} ; {ALPES}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 28404 [6 p.]},
  ISSN = {2045-2322},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1038/srep28404},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067643},
}