Fault scarps and deformation rates in Lazio-Abruzzo, Central Italy: Comparison between geological fault slip-rate and GPS data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 408, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 147-176

  Papanikolaou, Ioannis D ^a   Roberts, Gerald P ^a   Michetti, Alessandro M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Deformation rates; GPS; Paleoseismology; Scarp profiles; Seismic hazard assessment

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; GPS; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD;

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

EID: 28044460493     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.043     Document Type: Article

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