Thrust-fold activity at the mountain front of the Northern Apennines (Italy) from quantitative landscape analysis

Geomorphology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 211-231

  Ponza, Alessio ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^b   Picotti, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active folding; Foothills of the northern Apennines; Long profile modeling; Tectonic geomorphology; Topography

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLATE BOUNDARY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST FAULT; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; ITALY; PO PLAIN;

EID: 77956885440     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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