Coexisting tectonic settings: The example of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1915-1924

  Cuffaro, Marco ^a,c   Riguzzi, Federica ^b,c   Scrocca, Davide ^d   Doglioni, Carlo ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coexisting tectonics; GPS derived strain rate; Seismic reflection profiles; Southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; COMPRESSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; HANGING WALL; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSTENSION;

AFRICA; EURASIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 80355131959     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0625-z     Document Type: Article

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