Fault creep and kinematics of the eastern segment of the Pernicana Fault (Mt. Etna, Italy) derived from geodetic observations and their tectonic significance

Tectonophysics

Volumn 333, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 401-415

  Azzaro, R ^a   Mattia, M ^a   Puglisi, G ^b  

^a Istituto Nationale di Geofisica Sistema Poseidon   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Creeping; Deformation model; Geodetic measurements; Mt. Etna; Pernicana Fault

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CREEP; GEODESY; KINEMATICS; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANO;

ITALY;

EID: 0035019674     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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