Evolution of the late Quaternary San Gregorio Magno tectono-karstic basin (southern Italy) inferred from geomorphological, tephrostratigraphical and palaeoecological analyses: Tectonic implications

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-245

  Aiello, G ^a   Ascione, A ^a   Barra, D ^a   Munno, R ^a   Petrosino, P ^a   Ermolli, E Russo ^a   Villani, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Late Quaternary; Palaeoenvironments; Southern Apennines; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FAULTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947201211     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1040     Document Type: Article

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