Structural inheritance and style of reactivation at mid-crustal levels: A case study from the Alpi Apuane (Tuscany, Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 579, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-87

  Molli, Giancarlo ^a   Meccheri, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpi Apuane; Fold nappe; Inversion tectonics; Jurassic paleotectonics; Orogenic processes; Structural heritage

Indexed keywords

ALPI APUANE; FOLD-NAPPE; INVERSION TECTONICS; OROGENIC PROCESS; PALEOTECTONICS; STRUCTURAL HERITAGE;

STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

INVERSION LAYERS;

BUCKLING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FOLD; GEOMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; INVERSION TECTONICS; JURASSIC; MIOCENE; NAPPE; NORMAL FAULT; OLIGOCENE; OROGENY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION; THRUST FAULT;

APENNINES; APUANE ALPS; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84870361893     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.044     Document Type: Article

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