Inferences on the upper crustal structure of Southern Apennines (Italy) from seismic refraction investigations and subsurface data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 317, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 273-298

  Improta, Luigi ^a   Iannaccone, Giovanni ^b   Capuano, Paolo ^b   Zollo, Aldo ^a   Scandone, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Italy; Seismic refraction; Southern Apennines

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 0034728393     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00267-X     Document Type: Article

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