Syn-thrusting polygonal normal faults exposed in the hinge of the Cingoli anticline, northern Apennines, Italy

Frontiers in Earth Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Petracchini, Lorenzo ^a,b   Antonellini, Marco ^b   Billi, Andrea ^a   Scrocca, Davide ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticline; Apennines; Carbonate; Chert; Fold thrust belt; Normal faults; Polygonal faults; Pressure solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013774191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22966463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2015.00067     Document Type: Article

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