Erratum: Interaction of tectonic, sedimentary, and diapiric processes in the origin of chaotic sediments: An example from the Messinian of Torino Hill (Tertiary Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy) (Bulletin of the Geological Society of America vol. 119 (9/10) (1107-1119) 10.1130/B26072.1);Interaction of tectonic, sedimentary, and diapiric processes in the origin of chaotic sediments: An example from the Messinian of Torino Hill (Tertiary Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1107-1119

  Dela Pierre, Francesco ^a,b   Festa, Andrea ^b   Irace, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chaotic deposits; Diapiric processes; Messinian; Sedimentary processes; Tectonics; Tertiary Piedmont Basin

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GYPSUM; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CHAOTIC DEPOSITS; DIAPIRIC PROCESSES; POST-CHAOTIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; TECTONIC FAULTING;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEPOSITION; DIAPIRISM; FAULTING; MESSINIAN; OVERPRESSURE; SEDIMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT];

EID: 34648839991     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26072.1     Document Type: Erratum

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