Palaeogeography of the Upper Cretaceous-Eocene carbonate turbidites of the Northern Apennines from provenance studies

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 262, Issue , 2006, Pages 259-275

  Argnani, Andrea ^a   Fontana, Daniela ^b   Stefani, Cristina ^c   Zuffa, Gian G ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HELMINTHOIDA;

EID: 33750373842     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.262.01.16     Document Type: Article

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