Sedimentary and tectonic evolution in the eastern Po-Plain and northern Adriatic Sea area from Messinian to Middle Pleistocene (Italy)

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 131-166

  Ghielmi, Manlio ^a   Minervini, Matteo ^a   Nini, Claudio ^b   Rogledi, Sergio ^a   Rossi, Massimo ^a   Vignolo, Aimone ^a  

^a ENI S P A   (Italy)

^b Exploration Department   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Allogroup; Foredeep; Messinian; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Po Plain; Tectonic sequence; Tectonosedimentary evolution; Turbidite sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; ALLOGROUP; FOREDEEP; MESSINIAN; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PO PLAIN; TECTONOSEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EMILIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 80051910809     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-010-0101-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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