Interrelations of mud volcanism, fluid venting, and thrust-anticline folding: Examples from the external northern Apennines (Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Bonini, Marco ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FRACTURE ZONE; MUD VOLCANO; VOLCANISM;

APENNINES; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMILIA;

EID: 35348818690     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004859     Document Type: Article

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