Palaeogeographic implications and relations between tectonics and sedimentation in satellite basins (Northern Apennines): Insights from Neogene Epiligurian arcs

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 353-364

  Conti, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epiligurian basins; Neogene; Northern Apennines; Oroclinal bendings; Palaeogeography; Val Marecchia thrust sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968830599     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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