Tectonics and quaternary evolution of the Northern Apennines watershed area (upper course of Arno and Tiber rivers, Italy)

Geological Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-29

  Bonini, Marco ^a   Tanini, Chiara ^b  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backthrusts backfolds; Casentino Basin; Drainage evolution; Northern Apennines; Tectonic analysis; Upper Tiber River

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EROSION; FOLDING; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; UPLIFT; WATERSHED;

APENNINES; ARNO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIBER RIVER; TUSCANY;

EID: 66149099695     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1122     Document Type: Article

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