Average strain rate in the Italian crust inferred from a permanent GPS network - II. Strain rate versus seismicity and structural geology

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 254-268

  Caporali, Alessandro ^a   Martin, Silvana ^b   Massironi, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geodesy; GPS; Seismotectonics; Stress and strain

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GPS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ITALY;

EID: 0142025051     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02035.x     Document Type: Article

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