Tectonic vs. climate forcing in the Cenozoic sedimentary evolution of a foreland basin (Eastern Southalpine system, Italy)

Basin Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 799-823

  Mancin, N ^a   Di Giulio, A ^a   Cobianchi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; COOLING; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449457749     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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