Foreland deformation in the Central Adriatic and its bearing on the evolution of the Northern Apennines

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 771-780

  Argnani, Andrea ^a   Frugoni, Francesco ^b  

^a Istituto di Geologia Marina   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Adriatic Sea; Foreland deformation; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FORELAND; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMICITY;

ITALY, APENNINES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ADRIATIC SEA;

EID: 0031433382     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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