Control of differential compaction on the geometry of sediments onlapping paleoescarpments: Insights from field geology (Central Apennines, Italy) and numerical modeling

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 353-356

  Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Santantonio, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Apennines; Compaction; Jurassic; Paleoescarpments

Indexed keywords

CALCARE MASSICCIO; ESCARPMENTS; PELAGIC CARBONATE PLATFORM MARGINS; SEDIMENTS ONLAPPING;

CARBONATES; CATCHMENTS; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTS;

BASIN FILL; COMPACTION; JURASSIC;

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

EID: 18944372659     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21262.1     Document Type: Article

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