Seismic constraints on the present-day kinematics of the Gargano foreland, Italy, at the transition zone between the southern and northern Apennine belts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

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

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC CONSTRAINTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

KINEMATICS; SEISMICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 32644434543     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024604     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Anzidei, M., P. Baldi, G. Casula, M. Crespi, and F. Riguzzi (1996), Repeated GPS surveys across the Ionian Sea: Evidence of crustal deformations, Geophys. J. Int., 127, 257-267.
2. Bartlett, W., L. Friedman, and M. Logan (1981), Experimental folding and faulting of rocks under confining pressure. part IX. Wrench faults in limestone layers, Tectonophysics, 79, 255-277.
3. Battaglia, M., M. H. Murray, E. Serpelloni, and R. Bürgmann (2004), The Adriatic region: An independent microplate within the Africa-Eurasia collision zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09605, doi:10.1029/ 2004GL019723.
4. Borre, K., et al. (2003), The COST project in Italy: Analysis and monitoring of seismogenic faults in the Gargano and Norcia areas (central-southern Apennines, Italy), J. Geodyn., 36, 3-18.
5. Brankman, C. M., and A. Aydin (2004), Uplift and contractional deformation along a segmented strike-slip fault system: The Gargano promontory, southern Italy, J. Struct. Geol., 26, 807-824.
6. Castello, B., G. Selvaggi, C. Chiarabba, and A. Amato (2005), CSI catalaogo della sismicità Italiana 1981-2002, ver. 1.0, Ist. Naz di Geophys. e Vulcanol., Rome.
7. Chilovi, C., A. J. De Feyter, and A. Pompucci (2000), Wrench zone reactivation in the Adriatic block: The example of the Mattinnata fault system (SE Italy), Boll. Soc. Geol. It., 119, 3-8.
8. Console, R., R. Digiovambattista, and G. Smriglio (1992), Methodological approach to earthquake location procedures: Application to Italian seismicity, Phys. Earth Planet Inter., 75, 153-164.
9. De Gori, P., G. B. Cimini, C. Chiarabba, G. De Natale, C. Troise, and A. Descahamps (2001), Teleseismic tomography of the Campanian volcanic area and surrounding Apenninic belt, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 109, 55-75.
10. Doglioni, C., F. Mongelli, and P. Pieri (1994), The Puglia uplift (SE Italy): An anomaly in the foreland of the Apenninic subduction due to buckling of a thick continental lithosphere, Tectonics, 13, 1309-1321.
11. Douglas, A. (1967), Joint epicenter determination, Nature, 215, 47-48.
12. Gephart, J. W., and D. W. Forsyth (1984), An improved method for determining the regional stress tensor using earthquake focal mechanism data: Application to the San Fernando earthquake sequence, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 9305-9320.
13. Gruppo di Lavoro CPTI (1999), Catalogo parametrico del terremoti Italiani, 99 pp., Ist. Naz. di Geophys., Bologna, Italy.
14. Lee, W. H. K., and J. C. Lahr (1975) Hypo71 (revised): A computer program for determining hypocenter, magnitude and first motion pattern of local earthquakes, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open File Rep. 75-311.
15. Michelini, A., and A. Lomax (2004), The effect of velocity structure errors on double-difference earthquake location, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09602, doi:10.1029/2004GL019682.
16. Milano, G., R. Giovambattista, and G. Ventura (2005), The 2001 seismic activity near Isemie (Italy): Implications for the seismotectonics of the central-southern Apennines, Tectonophysics, 401, 167-178.
17. Oldow, S., L. Ferranti, D. S. Lewis, J. K. Campbell, B. D'Argenio, R. Catalano, G. Pappone, L. Carmignani, P. Conti, and C. L. V. Aiken (2002), Active fragmentation of Adria, the north African promontory, central Mediterranean orogen, Geology, 30, 779-782.
18. Patacca, E., and P. Scandone (2004), The 1627 Gargano earthquake (southern Italy): Identification and characterization of the causative fault, J. Seismol., 8, 259-273.
19. Reasenberg, P., and D. Oppenheimer (1985), FPFIT, FPPLOT and FPPAGE: Fortran computer programs for calculating and displaying earthquake fault plane solutions, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open File Rep., 85-739.
20. Scarascia, A., A. Lozej, and R. Cassinis (1994), Crustal structures of the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas and adjacent onshore areas interpreted from wide-angle seismic profiles, Boll. Geofis. Teor. Appl., 35, 141-144.
21. Valensise, G., D. Pantosti, and R. Basili (2004), Seismology and tectonic setting of the 2002 Molise, Italy, earthquakes, Earthquake Spectra, 20, 1-15.
22. Venisti, N., G. Calcagnile, A. Pontevivo, and G. F. Panza (2005), Tomographic study of the Adriatic plate, Pure Appl. Geophys., 162, 311-329.