Spatial and temporal variations in growth rates along active normal fault systems: An example from The Lazio-Abruzzo Apennines, central Italy

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 339-376

  Roberts, Gerald P ^a   Michetti, Alessandro M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fault growth rates; Normal fault systems; Seismic hazards

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY;

GROWTH RATE; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

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

EID: 0346640341     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(03)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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