The role of pre-existing thrust faults and topography on the styles of extension in the Gran Sasso range (central Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 229-254

  D'Agostino, Nicola ^a   Chamot Rooke, Nicolas ^b   Funiciello, Renato ^a   Jolivet, Laurent ^c   Speranza, Fabio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Apennines; Extensional tectonics; Quaternary; Thrust faults; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000216796     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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