Neogene-Quaternary evolution of the central Apennine orogenic system (Italy): A structural and palaeomagnetic approach in the Molise region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 143-157

  Speranza, Fabio ^b   Mattei, Massimo ^a   Naso, Giuseppe ^a   Di Bucci, Daniela ^a   Corrado, Sveva ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Apennines; Neogene; Palaeomagnetism; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; NEOGENE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ITALY;

EID: 0032553811     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00202-9     Document Type: Article

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