The Plio-Quaternary uplift of the Apennine chain: new data from the analysis of topography and river valleys in Central Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-118

  Ascione, A ^a   Cinque, A ^a   Miccadei, E ^b   Villani, F ^c   Berti, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Apennines; Differential erosion; Drainage network; Italy; Surface uplift; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 53549098815     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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