Apennines subduction-related subsidence of Venice (Italy)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^a   Scrocca, Davide ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

MONOCLINES; APENNINES; DEPTH RANGE; NATURAL COMPONENTS; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; NORTHERN APENNINES; PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SUBSIDENCE OF VENICE;

GEOPHYSICS; SUBSIDENCE;

FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ITALY; VENETO; VENICE;

EID: 0141737757     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017001     Document Type: Article

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