Faults linkage, damage rocks and hydrothermal fluid circulation: Tectonic interpretation of the Rapolano Terme travertines (southern Tuscany, Italy) in the context of Northern Apennines Neogene-Quaternary extension

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-320

  Brogi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neogene Quaternary extensional tectonics; Northern Apennines; Pliocene deposits; Structural analysis; Tectono stratigraphical relationships; Travertines

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; NEOGENE; QUATERNARY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRAVERTINE;

APENNINES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WORLD;

EID: 14844352956     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-004-1134-5     Document Type: Article

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