Middle-Late Pleistocene marine terraces and fault activity in the Sant'Agata di Militello coastal area (north-eastern Sicily)

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-40

  Giunta, Giuseppe ^a   Gueli, Anna M ^b   Monaco, Carmelo ^b   Orioli, Silvia ^a   Ristuccia, Gloria M ^b   Stella, Giuseppe ^b   Troja, Sebastiano O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabrian arc; Coastal tectonics; Marine terraces; Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating

Indexed keywords

CALABRIAN; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; FAULT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TERRACE;

ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; SANT AGATA DI MILITELLO; SICILY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 83455173367     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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