Tectonically driven exhumation of a young orogen: An example from the southern Apennines, Italy

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 398, Issue , 2006, Pages 371-385

  Schiattarella, Marcello ^a   Leo, Paola Di ^b   Beneduce, Paolo ^a   Giano, Salvatore Ivo ^a   Martino, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Italy; Southern apennines; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLAY DEPOSITS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLINITY; DEPOSITS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

CLAY MINERALOGY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ITALY; LOW GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS; SOUTHERN APENNINES; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY;

GEODYNAMICS;

CATCHMENT; CLAY; CRYSTALLINITY; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; FAULTING; FLYSCH; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTERMONTANE BASIN; LANDSCAPE; MESOZOIC; MINERALOGY; QUATERNARY; REACTIVATION; SEA LEVEL; TORTONIAN; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; BASILICATA; ITALIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POTENZA;

EID: 75549091481     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2398(23)     Document Type: Article

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