Composite structures resulting from negative inversion: An example from the Isle of Favignana (Egadi Islands)

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Tavarnelli, Enrico ^a   Renda, Pietro ^b   Pasqui, Valeria ^c   Tramutoli, Mariano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Basilicata Regional Health Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennine Maghrebide fold andthrust belt; Composite structures; Egadi Islands; Favignana; Negative tectonic inversion; Self similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858152859     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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