Tectonic and eustatic controls on Pliocene accommodation space along the front of the southern Apennine thrust-belt (Basilicata, southern Italy)

Basin Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 591-614

  Palladino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BELT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; UNCONFORMITY;

APENNINES; BASILICATA; ITALY;

EID: 80052297842     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2011.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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