Upper-crustal structure of the Benevento area (southern Italy): Fault heterogeneities and potential for large earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 229-239

  Chiarabba, C ^a   Amato, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Faulting; Seismic tomography; Southern apennines

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL; FAULTING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ITALY, APENNINES;

EID: 0030785396     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01001.x     Document Type: Article

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