Plio-Quaternary segmentation of the south Tyrrhenian forearc basin

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-118

  Guarnieri, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabrian Arc; Forearc basin; Ionian subduction; Messina Strait; Plio Quaternary; South Tyrrhenian

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN BASIN;

EID: 32544460037     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0005-2     Document Type: Article

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