Thrust front segmentation induced by differential slab retreat in the Apennines (Italy)

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-161

  Scrocca, Davide ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645069639     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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