The miocene saint-florent basin in northern Corsica: Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and tectonic implications

Basin Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-527

  Cavazza, William ^a   Decelles, Peter G ^b   Fellin, Maria Giuditta ^a,c   Paganelli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EUSTACY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LIGURO-PROVENCAL BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749061395     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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