The Calabrian Orocline: Buckling of a previously more linear orogen

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 327, Issue , 2009, Pages 113-125

  Johnston, Stephen T ^a   Mazzoli, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BUCKLING; CALABRIAN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOMETRY; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OROGENY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC PLATE;

AFRICA; APENNINES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SICILY;

EID: 75249090053     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP327.7     Document Type: Article

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