Lateral variability of the erosive plate boundary in the Northern Apennines, Italy

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-227

  Vannucchi, Paola ^a   Remitti, Francesca ^b   Bettelli, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental subduction; Northern Apennines; Subduction erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863219019     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2012.11     Document Type: Article

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