Genetically related alluvial deposits across active fault zones: An example of alluvial fan-terrace correlation from the upper Quaternary of the southern Po Basin, Italy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 275-295

  Amorosi, A ^a   Farina, M ^a   Severi, P ^a   Preti, D ^a   Caporale, L ^a   Di Dio, G ^a  

^a Ufficio Geologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENT; CORRELATION; FAULT ZONE; QUATERNARY (LATE); RIVER SEDIMENT; TERRACE;

ITALY, APENNINES, PO BASIN;

EID: 0030471756     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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