Plio-Pleistocene geological evolution of the northern Sicily continental margin (southern Tyrrhenian Sea): New insights from high-resolution, multi-electrode sparker profiles

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-63

  Pepe, F ^a   Sulli, A ^a   Agate, M ^a   Di Maio, D ^a   Kok, A ^b   Lo Iacono, C ^a   Catalano, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Geo Resources BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0141484468     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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