The Messinian volcaniclastic layers of the Northern Apennines: Evidence for the initial phases of the Southern Tyrrhenian spreading?

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-279

  Trua, Teresa ^a   Manzi, Vinicio ^a   Roveri, Marco ^a   Artoni, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Magmatism; Messinian; Tyrrhenian sea; Volcaniclastic deposits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870595720     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2010.09     Document Type: Article

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