From collisional to rifted basins: An example from the southern calabrian arc (italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 233-249

  Monaco, Carmelo ^a   Tortorici, Luigi ^a   Nicolich, Rinaldo ^b   Cernobori, Licio ^c   Costa, Mario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c CNR Istituto Talassografico   (Italy)

^d AQUATER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabrian arc; Collision; Neogene; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001529234     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00192-8     Document Type: Article

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