The Monte Orfano Conglomerate revisited: Stratigraphic constraints on Cenozoic tectonic uplift of the Southern Alps (Lombardy, northern Italy)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1335-1355

  Sciunnach, Dario ^a   Scardia, Giancarlo ^b   Tremolada, Fabrizio ^c   Silva, Isabella Premoli ^d  

^a Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c RPS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy; Cenozoic; Clastic provenance; Retro foreland basin; Shelf fan delta; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EXHUMATION; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; NANOFOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 77955845635     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0452-2     Document Type: Article

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