Reconstruction of igneous, tectonic and sedimentary events in the latest Carboniferous-Early Permian Seui basin (Sardinia, Italy), and evolutionary model

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-117

  Cassinis, G ^a   Cortesogno, L ^b   Gaggero, L ^b   Ronchi, A ^a   Sarria, E ^c   Serri, R ^c   Calzia, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Governativa Regionale   (Italy)

^d CARG Sardegna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracontinental basin; Late orogenic magmatism; Latest Carboniferous Early Permian; Wrench tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968813770     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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