Alpine orogenic P-T-t-deformation history of the Catena Costiera area and surrounding regions (Calabrian Arc, southern Italy): The nappe edifice of north Calabria revised with insights on the Tyrrhenian-Apennine system formation

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1-26

  Rossetti, Federico ^a   Goffé, Bruno ^b   Monié, Patrick ^c   Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Vignaroli, Gianluca ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Calabria; Compression extension; HP LT metamorphism; Mediterranean region; Orogenic wedges

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHISM; NAPPE; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS;

CALABRIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CATENA;

EID: 16344396470     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001560     Document Type: Article

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