The 2001 seismic activity near Isernia (Italy): Implications for the seismotectonics of the Central- Southern Apennines

Tectonophysics

Volumn 401, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 167-178

  Milano, Girolamo ^a   Di Giovambattista, Rita ^b   Ventura, Guido ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focal mechanisms; Fold and thrust belt; Seismic sequence; Seismogenetic fault; Strain analysis

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISERNIA; ITALY; MOLISE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444406065     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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