From accretion to exhumation in a fossil accretionary wedge: A case history from Gottero unit (Northern Apennines, Italy)

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-53

  Marroni, Michele ^a,b   Meneghini, Francesca ^a   Pandolfi, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Internal Liguride units; Northern Apennines; Ophiolites; Underplating; Underthrusting

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXHUMATION; OLIGOCENE; OPHIOLITE; UNDERPLATING;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242688180     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.17.41-53     Document Type: Article

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