Association between Messinian drainage network formation and major tectonic activity in the Marche Apennines (Italy)

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-81

  Scarselli, Sonia ^a   Simpson, Guy D H ^a   Allen, Philip A ^b   Minelli, Giorgio ^c   Gaudenzi, Lorenzo ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d Edison Spa   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; MESSINIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MARCHE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947696735     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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