Quaternary evolution of the Lucania Apennine thrust front area (Southern Italy), and its relations with the kinematics of the Adria Plate boundaries

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 125-140

  Bonini, Marco ^a   Sani, Federico ^b   Moratti, Giovanna ^a   Benvenuti, Marco G ^b  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria Plate; GPS data; Intraplate deformation; Southern Apennines; Stress field; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GPS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

APENNINES; BASILICATA; ITALY;

EID: 78651378476     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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