Geologic reconnaissance of the Island of velika palagruža (central adriatic, croatia

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-94

  Korbar, Tvrtko ^a   Montanari, Alessandro ^b   Koch, Georg ^a   Mariani, Sandro ^b   DePaolo, Don ^c   Turchyn, Alexandra V ^d   Miknic, Mirjana ^a   Tari, Vlasta ^e  

^a CROATIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Croatia)

^b Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INA Industrija Nafte d d   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Basin; Carbonate platform; Mid Adriatic ridge; Neogene; Recent uplift; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BRECCIA; CALCARENITE; DOLOMITE; EVAPORITE; GYPSUM; ISLAND; MIOCENE; OROGENY; RIFTING; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRIASSIC; UPLIFT;

ADRIATIC SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PALAGRUZA ISLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 69249107368     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: 13334875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/gc.2009.07     Document Type: Article

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