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The Pre-Alpine Basement in the Alpi Apuane (Northern Apennines, Italy)

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Pre-Mesozoic Geology in the Alps

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The Alpi Apuane is a well-known tectonic window in the Northern Apennines (Tuscany), in which a pre-Alpine lithostratigraphic sequence crops out widely and which appears to have been deeply affected, together with the Alpine cycle cover, by the Tertiary tectonometamorphic evolution of the Apenninic chain.

The authors illustrate the main lithological and structural features of these formations and discuss the relationships between the Apuan Variscan basement and the regional Variscan system of southern Europe.

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Conti, P., Di Pisa, A., Gattiglio, M., Meccheri, M. (1993). The Pre-Alpine Basement in the Alpi Apuane (Northern Apennines, Italy). In: von Raumer, J.F., Neubauer, F. (eds) Pre-Mesozoic Geology in the Alps. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84640-3_36

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