Rheological control of subcrustal seismicity in the Apennines subduction (Italy)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2002, Pages

  Carminati, Eugenio ^a   Giardina, Francesca ^a   Doglioni, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Calabria; Rheology; Seismicity; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; RHEOLOGY;

APENNINES; CALABRIA; NORTHERN APENNINES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ROLLBACK;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 0037107295     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014084     Document Type: Article

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