Sequential balancing of growth structures, the late Tertiary example from the central Apennine;Restauration séquentielle d'une coupe géologique dans des plis synsédimentaires, l'exemple du Tertiaire récent de l'Apennin central

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-49

  Artoni, Andrea ^a   Casero, Piero ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Central Apennines; Foreland basin; Growth folds; Sequential balancing

Indexed keywords

FORELAND BASIN; GROWTH FOLD; NEOGENE; SEQUENTIAL BALANCING; UNCONFORMITY;

ITALY, APENNINES;

EID: 0030758601     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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