Seismic strain and seismogenic stress regimes in the crust of the southern Tyrrhenian region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 97-112

  Neri, G ^a   Barberi, G ^b   Orecchio, B ^a   Mostaccio, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal seismicity; Italy; Seismic strain; Seismogenic stress; Tyrrhenian sea

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMICITY; STRAIN; STRESS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

CALABRIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 0042198670     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00293-0     Document Type: Article

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