A review on the driving mechanism of the Tyrrhenian-Apennines system: Implications for the present seismotectonic setting in the Central-Northern Apennines

Tectonophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 22-40

  Mantovani, E ^a   Babbucci, D ^a   Tamburelli, C ^a   Viti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backarc basins; Extrusion tectonics; Mediterranean geodynamics

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BACK-ARC BASIN; DRIVING MECHANISM; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; EXTRUSION TECTONICS; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; NORTHERN APENNINES; SEISMOTECTONIC SETTINGS; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

GEODYNAMICS;

ARABIAN PLATE; BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 70350784253     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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