Studying travertines for neotectonics investigations: Middle-Late Pleistocene syn-tectonic travertine deposition at Serre di Rapolano (Northern Apennines, Italy)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1383-1398

  Brogi, Andrea ^a   Capezzuoli, Enrico ^a   Aqué, Riccardo ^a   Branca, M ^b   Voltaggio, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal circulation; Neotectonics; Northern Apennines; Travertine deposition

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRAVERTINE;

APENNINES; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 77955768343     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0456-y     Document Type: Article

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