A revision of the stratigraphy and geology of the south-western part of the Crotone Basin (South Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-384

  Massari, Francesco ^a   Prosser, Giacomo ^b   Capraro, Luca ^a   Fornaciari, Eliana ^a   Consolaro, Chiara ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crotone Basin; Late Neogene; Quaternary; Stratigraphy; Structural evolution; Synsedimentary tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960202580     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2010.20     Document Type: Article

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