Mesozoic extension controlling the Southern Alps thrust front geometry under the Po Plain, Italy: Insights from sandbox models

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2084-2096

  Ravaglia, Antonio ^a   Seno, Silvio ^a   Toscani, Giovanni ^a   Fantoni, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine contraction; Detachment levels; Italian Southern Alps; Mechanical stratigraphy; Mesozoic extension; Po Plain; Pre existing heterogeneities; Sandbox modelling; Transfer zones

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL FAULT; MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY; SANDBOX MODELLING; SOUTHERN ALPS; THRUST FAULT;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MESOZOIC; RIFTING; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST FAULT; TRANSFER ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; PO PLAIN; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750936219     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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