Pattern of orogenic rotations in central-eastern Sicily: Implications for the timing of spreading in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-195

  Speranza, Fabio ^a   Maniscalco, Rosanna ^b   Grasso, Mario ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maghrebides; Palaeomagnetism; Plate rotation; Sicily; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; OLIGOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037360454     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-043     Document Type: Article

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