Seep-carbonates in a thrust-related anticline at the leading edge of an orogenic wedge: The case of the middle-late Miocene Salsomaggiore Ridge (Northern Apennines, Italy)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 233-251

  Conti, S ^a   Artoni, A ^b   Piola, G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Miocene; Northern Apennines; Orogenic wedge; Seep carbonates

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANTICLINE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249851392     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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