Rotational differences between the northern and southern Tyrrhenian domains: Palaeomagnetic constraints from the Amantea basin (Calabria, Italy)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 327-334

  Speranza, Fabio ^a,b   Mattei, Massimo ^a   Sagnotti, Leonardo ^b   Grasso, Fabio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Neogene; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

ITALY;

EID: 0034105320     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.2.327     Document Type: Article

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