A comparison of structural data and seismic images for low-angle normal faults in the Northern Apennines (Central Italy): Constraints on activity

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 224, Issue , 2004, Pages 95-112

  Collettini, C ^a   Barchi, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLUID FLOW; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY;

ELBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; UMBRIA;

EID: 2942519139     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.224.01.07     Document Type: Article

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