Foredeep geometries at the front of the Apennines in the Ionian Sea (central Mediterranean)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 243-254

  Doglioni, Carlo ^a   Merlini, Saverio ^b   Cantarella, Giuseppe ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AGIP SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Fore arc basins; Ionian Sea; Seismic profiles; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; SEISMIC SURVEY; THRUST FAULT;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033562222     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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