From Mesozoic rifting to Apennine orogeny: The Gran Sasso range (Italy)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1307-1334

  Cardello, Giovanni Luca ^a,b   Doglioni, Carlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active normal faultingt; Apennine accretionary prism; Fold back limb tilt; Gran Sasso salient; Passive margin inversion; W directed subduction zones

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOLD BELT; GONDWANA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; GRAN SASSO; ITALY;

EID: 84928560666     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.09.009     Document Type: Review

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