Long-term crustal deformations in NE Italy revealed by tilt-strain gauges

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 55-70

  Rossi, Giuliana ^a,b   Zadro, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRAIN FIELD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ITALY, FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA;

EID: 0030426514     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(96)03166-4     Document Type: Article

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