Structural architecture of the central Apennines: Interpretation of the CROP 11 seismic profile from the Adriatic coast to the orographic divide

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Patacca, Etta ^a   Scandone, Paolo ^a   Di Luzio, Emiliano ^b   Cavinato, Gian Paolo ^b   Parotto, Maurizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MESSINIAN; OROGENIC BELT; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

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

EID: 50949131249     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001917     Document Type: Article

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