The crustal fault structure responsible for the 1703 earthquake sequence of central Italy

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 443-460

  Cello, Giuseppe ^a   Mazzoli, Stefano ^a   Tondi, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT STRUCTURE; SHEAR ZONE;

ITALY, APENNINES;

EID: 0032189682     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(97)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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