Stress tensor computations in the Mount Etna area (Southern Italy) and tectonic implications

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-127

  Cocina, O ^a,b   Neri, G ^c   Privitera, E ^a   Spampinato, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Ist Internazionale di Vulcanologia   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; FAULT PLANE SOLUTION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRESS TENSOR; TECTONIC SETTING;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

EID: 0030785823     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(96)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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