Correlation of diagenetic data from organic and inorganic studies in the Apenninic-Maghrebian fold-and-thrust belt: A case study from eastern Sicily

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-353

  Aldega, Luca ^a   Corrado, Sveva ^a   Grasso, Mario ^a,b   Maniscalco, Rosanna ^a,b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CLAY MINERAL; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIAGENESIS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOREARC BASIN; PASSIVE MARGIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL MATURITY; TRENCH; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

AFRICA; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MAGHREB; MESSINA [SICILY]; NEBRODI MOUNTAINS; NORTH AFRICA; PELORITANI MOUNTAINS; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248582670     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512756     Document Type: Article

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