Mesozoic tectonics and volcanism of Tethyan rifted continental margins in western Sicily

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 54-70

  Basilone, Luca ^a   Morticelli, Maurizio Gasparo ^a   Lena, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mesozoic tectonics and volcanism; Paleogeography; Rifted continental margin; Western Sicily

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GRABEN; MESOZOIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PILLOW LAVA; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77952950395     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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