The Marsili Ridge (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): An island-arc volcanic complex emplaced on a 'relict' back-arc basin

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Ventura, G ^a   Milano, G ^b   Passaro, S ^c   Sprovieri, M ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back arc; Morphology; Southern Tyrrhenian Sea; Subduction; Tectonics; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BATHYMETRY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DIKE; ISLAND ARC; LAVA FLOW; SEAFLOOR; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SILL; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

CALABRIAN ARC; MARSILI BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84871482936     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.11.005     Document Type: Review

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