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The structural polarity of the Alps, Corsica and the Apennines, as well as calc-alkaline volcanism, can be correlated with a Tertiary inversion of trenches in the Ligurian palaeo-ocean.
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BOCCALETTI, M., ELTER, P. & GUAZZONE, G. Plate Tectonic Models for the Development of the Western Alps and Northern Apennines. Nature Physical Science 234, 108–111 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci234108a0
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