Geological record of fluid flow and seismogenesis along an erosive subducting plate boundary

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7179, 2008, Pages 699-703

  Vannucchi, Paola ^a   Remitti, Francesca ^b   Bettelli, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FLUID FLOW; FOSSILIZATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION; TERTIARY;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; FLUID FLOW; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949188733     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06486     Document Type: Article

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