Interfering paths of deformation and development of arcs in the fold-and-thrust belt of the central Apennines (Italy)

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-536

  Ghisetti, Francesca ^a   Vezzani, Livio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; KINEMATICS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ITALY, APENNINES;

EID: 0031451107     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC00117     Document Type: Article

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