Upper crust "boudinage" during post-collisional Miocene extension in Tuscany: Insights from the southern part of the Larderello geothermal area (Northern Apennines, Italy)

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 327-351

  Brogi, Andrea ^a   Cerboneschi, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boudinage; Extension; Low angle normal faults; Northern Apennines

Indexed keywords

BOUDINAGE; COLLISION ZONE; DIP; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; OLIGOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEGMENTATION; UPPER CRUST;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 36348983548     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.20.327-351     Document Type: Article

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