Reply to the comment by G. Capponi et al. on "Subduction polarity reversal at the junction between the Western Alps and the Northern Apennines, Italy", by G. Vignaroli et al. (Tectonophysics, 2008, 450, 34-50)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 465, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 227-231

  Vignaroli, Gianluca ^a   Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Jolivet, Laurent ^b   Piromallo, Claudia ^c   Rossetti, Federico ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC REVERSAL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ALPS; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 60749112801     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.11.007     Document Type: Note

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