Unraveling tectonic and climatic controls on synorogenic growth strata (Northern Apennines, Italy)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 532-552

  Gunderson, Kellen L ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^a   Picotti, Vincenzo ^b   Anastasio, David A ^a   Kodama, Kenneth P ^a   Rittenour, Tammy ^c   Frankel, Kurt F ^d   Ponza, Alessio ^b   Berti, Claudio ^a   Negri, Alessandra ^e   Sabbatini, Anna ^e  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSITS;

TECTONICS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EMILIA;

EID: 84896340908     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30902.1     Document Type: Article

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