Late Pliocene-Quaternary tectonics in the frontal part of the SE Carpathians: Insights from tectonic geomorphology

Tectonophysics

Volumn 410, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 137-156

  Necea, Diana ^a   Fielitz, Werner ^a   Matenco, Liviu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

East Romanian Carpathians; Fluvial terraces; Foc ani basin; Quaternary; Tectonic geomorphology; Uplift

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; TECTONICS;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 29744464879     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.047     Document Type: Article

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