Heat flow anomaly and lithospheric thinning of the Tuscan extensional back-arc basin (Italy)

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Zito, Giammaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heat flow anomaly; Lithospheric mechanical stretching; Lithospheric thinning; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; THERMOMECHANICS; THINNING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WORLD;

EID: 27644531057     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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