The SW escarpment of Montagna del Morrone (Abruzzi, Central Italy): Geomorphology of a fault-generated mountain front

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-87

  Miccadei, Enrico ^a   Paron, Paolo ^a   Piacentini, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abruzzi (Italy); Central Apennines; Fault related slope; Structural geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ESCARPMENT; FAULT ZONE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; NEOTECTONICS;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4444253747     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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