Mechanical stratigraphy and (palaeo-) karstification of the Murge area (Apulia, Southern Italy)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 169-186

  Jacquemyn, Carl ^a   Swennen, Rudy ^a   Ronchi, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; KARSTIFICATION; LIDAR; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; ITALY; MURGIA; PUGLIA;

EID: 84871898729     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP370.4     Document Type: Article

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