Jurassic rifting evolution of the Apennines and Southern Alps (Italy): Parallels and differences

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 468-484

  Santantonio, Massimo ^a   Carminati, Eugenio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CRUSTAL LEVELS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORTHERN APENNINES; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRUCTURAL STYLES; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; THIN-SKINNED TECTONICS;

TECTONICS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; JURASSIC; MOUNTAIN REGION; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ALPS; APENNINES; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 79951470797     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30104.1     Document Type: Article

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