The tectonic evolution of the Southern Apennines orogenic cycle reconstructed in a metric outcrop near San Fele, Lucania, Southern Italy;La storia deformativa dell'Appennino meridionale ricostruita in un affioramento metrico nei dintorni di San Fele (Potenza)

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-335

  Tavarnelli, Enrico ^a   Prosser, Giacomo ^b   Piedilato, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lagonegro Units; Mesoscopic analysis; Orogenic cycle; Overprinting relationships; San Fele; Southern Apennines

Indexed keywords

EID: 37949006399     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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