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Neogene and Quaternary rollback evolution of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Apennines, and the Sicilian Maghrebides

Date

Authors

Rosenbaum, Gideon

Lister, Gordon

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Reconstruction of the evolution of the Tyrrhenian Sea shows that the major stage of rifting associated with the opening of this basin began at ∼ 10 Ma. It involved two episodes of back arc extension, which were induced by the rollback of a west dipping

Keywords

Keywords: backarc basin; basin evolution; Cenozoic; slab; subduction; tectonic evolution; tectonics; Mediterranean Sea; Tyrrhenian Sea Apennines; Reconstruction; Sicilian Maghrebides; Subduction rollback; Tyrrhenian Sea

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/37185

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Tectonics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1029/2003TC001518

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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