Development of a deep karst system within a transpressional structure of the Dolomites in north-east Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-63

  Sauro, Francesco ^a   Zampieri, Dario ^b   Filipponi, Marco ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico Ambientali   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Geoscienze   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Spatial distribution; Speleogenesis; Structure inheritance; Tectonic inception; Transpressive settings

Indexed keywords

CAVE; FAULT PLANE; KARST; LITHOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TENSION; THRUST; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84880042066     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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