Subduction polarity reversal at the junction between the Western Alps and the Northern Apennines, Italy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 450, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 34-50

  Vignaroli, Gianluca ^a   Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Jolivet, Laurent ^b   Piromallo, Claudia ^c   Rossetti, Federico ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extensional detachment; Kinematic reconstruction; Northern Apennines; Tomography; Toroidal flow; Voltri Massif; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

TOMOGRAPHY;

EXTENSIONAL DETACHMENT; NORTHERN APENNINES; TOROIDAL FLOW; VOLTRI MASSIF; WESTERN ALPS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 40649099779     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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