Late Cretaceous carbonate turbidites of the Northern Apennines: Shaking Adria at the onset of Alpine collision

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-259

  Argnani, A ^a   Fontana, D ^a   Stefani, C ^b   Zuffa, G G ^c  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; FLYSCH; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; TETHYS; TURBIDITE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342590743     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381660     Document Type: Article

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