Geochemistry and petrography of Western Tethys Cretaceous sedimentary covers (Corsica and Northern Apennines): From source areas to configuration of margins

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 420, Issue , 2007, Pages 73-93

  Bracciali, Laura ^a   Marroni, Michele ^a,b   Pandolfi, Luca ^a,b   Rocchi, Sergio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corsica; Cretaceous; Northern Apennines; Petrography; Provenance; Sediment geochemistry; Western Tethys rifting

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DEBRIS; FAULTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MODAL ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CORSICA; CRETACEOUS; NORTHERN APENNINES; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRIES; WESTERN TETHYS RIFTING;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DETACHMENT FAULT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; RIFTING; TETHYS; UPPER MANTLE;

APENNINES; CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 75749157841     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2420(06)     Document Type: Article

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