State of stress in the Southern Tyrrhenian subduction zone from fault-plane solutions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 879-891

  Frepoli, A ^a   Selvaggi, G ^a   Chiarabba, C ^a   Amato, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep focus earthquakes; Fault plane solutions; Southern Tyrrhenian; Subduction

Indexed keywords

DEEP FOCUS EARTHQUAKE; FAULT PLANE SOLUTION; STRESS STATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 0029730024     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06031.x     Document Type: Article

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