Strain variations within a major carbonate thrust sheet of the Apennine collisional belt, northern Calabria, southern Italy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 272, Issue , 2007, Pages 143-154

  Vitale, S ^a   Iannace, A ^a   Mazzoli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FACIES ANALYSIS; SHEAR ZONE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; THRUST FAULT;

APENNINES; CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249824572     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.272.01.09     Document Type: Conference Paper

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