A major seismogenic fault in a 'silent area': The Castrovillari fault (southern Apennines, Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 595-605

  Cinti, F R ^a   Cucci, L ^a   Pantosti, D ^a   D'Addezio, G ^a   Meghraoui, M ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Palaeoseismicity; Seismicity gap; Seismogenic fault; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; PALAEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC GAP; SEISMOGENIC FAULT; TRENCHING;

ITALY, CALABRIA, POLLINO;

EID: 0031456623     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1997.tb01855.x     Document Type: Article

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