Stratigraphy and evolution of a long-lived fluvial system in the southeastern alps (NE Italy): The Tagliamento conglomerate

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 33-49

  Monegato, Giovanni ^a   Stefani, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clast composition; Eastern Southern Alps; Incised valley; Messinian Quaternary; Provenance; Tagliamento river

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONGLOMERATE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INCISED VALLEY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MESSINIAN; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; TECTONIC SETTING; UNCONFORMITY;

ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 78650443472     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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