Tectonics and stratigraphic architecture of a peri-Tyrrhenian half-graben (Bay of Naples, Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 315, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 301-318

  Milia, A ^a   Torrente, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basin architecture; Half graben; Italy; Sequence stratigraphy; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; HALF GRABEN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ITALY;

EID: 0033364554     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00280-2     Document Type: Article

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