Investigation of the active Celano-L'Aquila fault system, Abruzzi (central Apennines, Italy) with combined ground-penetrating radar and palaeoseismic trenching

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 805-818

  Salvi, S ^a   Cinti, F R ^a   Colini, L ^a   D'Addezio, G ^a   Doumaz, F ^a   Pettinelli, E ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Central Italy; Earthquakes; Electromagnetic surveys; Palaeoseismology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SCARP; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; L'AQUILA; MONTE D'OCRE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0347025992     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02078.x     Document Type: Article

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