Fault scaling relationships, deformation rates and seismic hazards: An example from the Lazio-Abruzzo Apennines, central Italy

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 377-398

  Roberts, Gerald P ^a   Cowie, Patience ^b   Papanikolaou, Ioannis ^a   Michetti, Alessandro M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deformation rates; Fault scaling relationships; Seismic hazards

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MAPPING; SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION RATE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; HISTORICAL RECORD; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346009133     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00104-4     Document Type: Article

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