Differences and similarities between the central and the southern Apennines (Italy): Examining the Gran Sasso versus the Matese-Frosolone salients using paleomagnetic, geological, and structural data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Satolli, Sara ^a   Calamita, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN SASSO; ITALY; MATESE MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 55549102724     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005699     Document Type: Article

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