An inventory of river anomalies in the Po Plain, Northern Italy: Evidence for active blind thrust faulting

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 865-882

  Burrato, Pierfrancesco ^a   Ciucci, Francesca ^a   Valensise, Gianluca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

1802 Oglio Valley earthquake; Blind thrust; Drainage anomaly; Po Plain; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; EARTHQUAKE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2042425528     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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