Pliocene and Pleistocene exhumation and uplift of two key areas of the Northern Apennines

Quaternary International

Volumn 101-102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Balestrieri, M L ^a   Bernet, M ^b   Brandon, M T ^b   Picotti, V ^c   Reiners, P ^b   Zattin, M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; EXHUMATION; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ITALY;

EID: 12244249470     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00089-7     Document Type: Article

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