Piggyback (wedge-top) basin formation and evolution @TheGeoModels
Piggyback (wedge-top) basin formation and evolution  @TheGeoModels
Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
See Toscani et al. (2014) Tectonophysics 633, pp. 268-282 for discussion of the West Emilia Arc

sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195114003990

West Emilia example: 45.00 N 9.72 E
Venetian foreland example: 45.81 N 12.12 E
Caucasus example: 42.34 N 42.00 E
Himalaya example: 27.81 N 82.47 E
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