Late Miocene uplift in the Romagnan Apennines and the detachment of subducted lithosphere

Tectonophysics

Volumn 315, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 319-335

  Van Der Meulen, M J ^a,d   Kouwenhoven, T J ^b   Van Der Zwaan, G J ^b,c   Meulenkamp, J E ^a,b   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apennines; Basin analysis; Foredeep; Italy; Late Miocene; Messinian; Slab detachment; Southern Europe; Stratigraphy; Tortonian

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; LITHOSPHERE; MIOCENE; SUBDUCTION; UPLIFT;

ITALY;

EID: 0033361150     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00282-6     Document Type: Article

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