Extensional tectonics in the Campania Volcanic Zone (eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): New insights into the relationship between faulting and ignimbrite eruptions

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-315

  Torrente, Maurizio Maria ^a   Milia, Alfonsa ^b   Bellucci, Francesca ^c   Rolandi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extensional tectonics; Fault reactivation; Ignimbrite architecture; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952255644     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2010.07     Document Type: Article

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