Travertines at Terme San Giovanni (Rapolano Terme, Northern Apennines) and their neotectonic implications;I travertini delle Terme di S. Giovanni (Rapolano Terme, Appennino Settentrionale) e loro implicazione neotettonica

Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-124

  Brogi, Andrea ^a   Capezzuoli, Enrico ^a   Gandin, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Hot springs; Neotectonics; Northern Apennines; Travertine fissure ridge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952003476     PISSN: 22797327     EISSN: 22797335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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