The geological relationships between sardinia and calabria during alpine and hercynian times

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Alvarez, Walter ^a,b   Shimabukuro, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine; Apennine; Calabria; Hercynian; Sardinia; Tyrrhenian sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350435107     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2009.128.2.257     Document Type: Article

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