Sedimentary facies in an extensional and deep-lacustrine depositional system: The Pliocene Tiberino Basin, Central Italy

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 73-94

  Basilici, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Extensional basin; Lacustrine sediments; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; PLIOCENE;

ITALY, TIBERINO BASIN;

EID: 0030972113     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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