Fluid history related to the early Eocene-middle Miocene convergent system of the Northern Apennines (Italy): Constraints from structural and isotopic studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Vannucchi, Paola ^a   Remitti, Francesca ^b   Bettelli, Giuseppe ^b   Boschi, Chiara ^c   Dallai, Luigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FAULT ZONE; MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 78049282474     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006590     Document Type: Article

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