Calabrian Arc oroclinal bending: The role of subduction

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Cifelli, Francesca ^a   Mattei, Massimo ^a   Della Seta, Marta ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALABRIAN; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRENCH;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149499466     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002272     Document Type: Article

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