Spatial variations of seismogenic stress orientations in Sicily, south Italy

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 175-191

  Neri, G ^a   Barberi, G ^b   Oliva, G ^a   Orecchio, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal seismicity; Italy; Seismogenic stress; Sicily

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

DISPLACEMENT VECTORS; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRESS ORIENTATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; ORIENTATION; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRESS FIELD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13144290136     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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