Shearing of syn-sedimentary carbonate breccia along strike-slip faults, Altamura Fm., Southern Italy

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41-54

  Laurita, Salvatore ^a,b   Agosta, Fabrizio ^a,b   Cavalcante, Francesco ^c   Rustichelli, Andrea ^b,d   Giorgioni, Maurizio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b Reservoir Characterization Project   (Italy)

^c Institute of Methodology for Environmental Analyses   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^e Shell Italia E and P SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altamura FM; Fault breccia; Gravitative breccia; Murge plateau; Syn sedimentary deformation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; BACTERIUM; CALCITE; CARBONATE; CEMENT (CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL); LIMESTONE; SHAPE ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALTAMURA; BARI [PUGLIA]; ITALY; MURGIA; PUGLIA;

EID: 85010004918     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: 20381727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2014.37     Document Type: Article

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