Evolution of the southern Tyrrhenian slab tear and active tectonics along the western edge of the Tyrrhenian subducted slab

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 311, Issue , 2009, Pages 193-212

  Argnani, Andrea ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; BACKARC BASIN; DISCONTINUITY; QUATERNARY; RIFTING; SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 72049094041     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP311.7     Document Type: Article

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