The refinement of geomorphological and geochemical statistical techniques in the study of clay-basin tectonics: The Era basin (central Italy)

Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-246

  Ciotoli, G ^a   Lombardi, S ^a   Serafini, S ^b   Zarlenga, F ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drainage network; Mesostructural analysis; Neotectonics; Photolineaments; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981533535     PISSN: 22797327     EISSN: 22797335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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