Active tectonics of the Northern Apennines and Adria geodynamics: New data and a discussion

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 687-707

  Di Bucci, Daniela ^a   Mazzoli, Stefano ^b  

^a National Seismic Survey   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

ITALY;

EID: 0036895399     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(02)00107-2     Document Type: Article

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