On the geodynamics of the northern Adriatic plate

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 253-279

  Cuffaro, Marco ^a   Riguzzi, Federica ^c   Scrocca, Davide ^a   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^b   Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Livani, Michele ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic plate; Geodetic strain rate; Plate boundaries; Subsidence; Thrust tectonics

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; APENNINES; BRITTLE LAYERS; DINARIDES; GEODETIC STRAIN; GPS DATA; MESOZOIC; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; NORTHERN APENNINES; OROGENIC BELTS; OROGENS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION HINGE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONIC FEATURES; THRUST BELTS; THRUST TECTONICS; WESTERN SIDE;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEODYNAMICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRAIN RATE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 80053091363     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-010-0098-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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