Compression-to-extension record in the late pliocene-pleistocene upper valdarno basin (Northern Apennines, Italy): Structural and thermochronological constraints

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-80

  Bonini, Marco ^a   Moratti, Giovanna ^a   Sani, Federico ^b   Balestrieri, Maria Laura ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track analysis; Northern Apennines; Structural analysis; Thrusting and normal faulting; Upper Valdarno Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876082239     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: 20381727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2011.18     Document Type: Article

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