Coalescence of fault-bend and fault-propagation folding in curved thrust systems: An insight from the Central Apennines, Italy

Terra Nova

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 175-183

  Pace, Paolo ^a   Calamita, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COMPRESSION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING; NORMAL FAULT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; GRAN SASSO; ITALY;

EID: 84928766792     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12146     Document Type: Article

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