Pliocene crustal shortening on the Tyrrhenian side of the northern Apennines: Evidence from the Gavorrano antiform (southern Tuscany, Italy)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Musumeci, Giovanni ^a   Mazzarini, Francesco ^b   Barsella, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFORM; BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; MAGMA; MESSINIAN; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBDUCTION;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 39049089207     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-004     Document Type: Article

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