Décollement depth versus accretionary prism dimension in the Apennines and the Barbados

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Bigi, Sabina ^a   Lenci, Federica ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^a   Moore, J Casey ^b   Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Scrocca, Davide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Apennines; Barbados; Decollement depth

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DECOLLEMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

APENNINES; BARBADOS; ITALY;

EID: 0042594510     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001410     Document Type: Article

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