Alps vs. Apennines: The paradigm of a tectonically asymmetric Earth

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 67-96

  Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Apennines; Subduction asymmetries; Westward drift

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; PARADIGM SHIFT; PLEISTOCENE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

ALPS; APENNINES; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84859643237     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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