Evolution of the Calabrian accretionary wedge (central Mediterranean)

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Minelli, Liliana ^a   Faccenna, Claudio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CALABRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77956219316     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002562     Document Type: Article

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