Tectonic control on the development and distribution of large landslides in the Northern Apennines (Italy)

Geomorphology

Volumn 253, Issue , 2016, Pages 425-437

  Carlini, Mirko ^a   Chelli, Alessandro ^a   Vescovi, Paolo ^a   Artoni, Andrea ^a   Clemenzi, Luca ^b   Tellini, Claudio ^a   Torelli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Large complex landslides; Northern Apennines; Recent tectonics; Rock uplift

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; NEOTECTONICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84946782412     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.10.028     Document Type: Article

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