Actualistic snapshot of the early Oligocene Alps: The Alps-Apennines knot disentangled

Terra Nova

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Malusà, Marco G ^a   Garzanti, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LIMESTONE; MUDSTONE; OLIGOCENE; OROGENY; RELIEF; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; APENNINES; ITALY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84855745894     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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