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Geology and evolution of the Northern Adriatic structural triangle between Alps and Apennine

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Abstract

The basic kinematic evolution leading to the present tectonic setting of the Northern Adriatic zone is here synthetically outlined. The Adriatic domain is the structural area progressively invaded by neighboring orogenic chains. The evolution of the Southern Alps and of the Northern Apennines from the beginning of the Neogene time onward is here summarized. Orogenic processes due to plate convergence or to orogenic and magmatic arc evolution are here compared and discussed in the frame of Western Mediterranean genesis.

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Authors thank Carlo Doglioni and Rinaldo Nicolich for the useful discussions, remarks, and suggestions which improved this article. Many thanks also to Giorgio Dal Piaz and Francesco Paolo Sassi for their help in the text revision and editing.

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The original version of this paper was presented in Venice (November 5–6, 2009) at the Meeting “Nature and geodynamics of the lithosphere in Northern Adriatic” sponsored by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL and Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.

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Castellarin, A., Cantelli, L. Geology and evolution of the Northern Adriatic structural triangle between Alps and Apennine. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 21 (Suppl 1), 3–14 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-010-0086-0

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