Crustal versus asthenospheric relaxation and post-seismic deformation for shallow normal faulting earthquakes: The Umbria-Marche (central Italy) case

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Riva, R ^a   Aoudia, A ^b,c   Vermeersen, L L A ^d   Sabadini, R ^a   Panza, G F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Earth models; Earthquakes; Post seismic relaxation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; NORMAL FAULT; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS;

ITALY;

EID: 0034079356     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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