Third-order depositional sequences controlled by synsedimentary extensional tectonics: Evidence from Upper Triassic carbonates of the Carnian Prealps (NE Italy)

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-45

  Cozzi, Andrea ^a   Hardie, Lawrence A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TRIASSIC;

ITALY;

EID: 0037330049     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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