The effects of pre-existing normal faults on thrust ramp development: An example from the northern Apennines, Italy

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 363-371

  Tavarnelli, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical heterogeneities; Positive tectonic inversion; Synsedimentary normal faults; Thrust ramps; Umbria Marche Apennines

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349128330     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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