Tectonic control on the architecture of a Miocene carbonate ramp in the Central Apennines (Italy): Insights from facies and backstripping analyses

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 233-253

  Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Corda, Laura ^a   Mariotti, Goffredo ^a   Brandano, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backstripping; Carbonate ramp; Central Apennines; Miocene; Subsidence rate

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE RAMP; FACIES ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; SHALLOW WATER; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248205122     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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