Architecture of the western margin of the North Adriatic foreland: The Schio-Vicenza fault system

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-234

  Pola, Marco ^a   Ricciato, Angelo ^b   Fantoni, Roberto ^c   Fabbri, Paolo ^a   Zampieri, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b GEPlan consulting srl   (Italy)

^c ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flexuring; Northern adria; Schio vicenza faults system; Seismic sections analysis; Veneto friuli foreland

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DISPLACEMENT; FLEXURE; FORELAND BASIN; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MESOZOIC; NEOGENE; PLIOCENE;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; ALPS; APENNINES; DINARIC ALPS; ITALY; PO DELTA; PREALPS; VENETO; VICENZA;

EID: 84915779204     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: 20381727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2014.04     Document Type: Article

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