Stratigraphy, structural setting and burial history of the Messinian Laga basin in the context of Apennine foreland basin system

Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 61-84

  Bigi, Sabina ^a   Milli, Salvatore ^a   Corrado, Sveva ^b   Casero, Piero ^c   Aldega, Luca ^b   Botti, Flavia ^d   Moscatelli, Massimiliano ^e   Stanzione, Olivier ^f   Falcini, Federico ^g   Marini, Mattia ^a   Cannata, Domenico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c not available   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f Task Geoscience Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Central Apennines; Fold and thrust belt; Foredeep; Sequence stratigraphy; Wedge top basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860412727     PISSN: 20372272     EISSN: 22806148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3304/JMES.2009.006     Document Type: Article

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