Timing and magnitude of rotations in the frontal thrust systems of southwestern Sicily

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1178-1197

  Speranza, F ^a,d   Maniscalco, R ^b   Mattei, M ^a,d   Di Stefano, A ^b   Butler, R W H ^c   Funiciello, R ^a,d  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

ITALY;

EID: 0033502315     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900029     Document Type: Article

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