Compression along the northern apennines? Evidence from the Mw 5.3 monghidoro earthquake

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Piccinini, Davide ^a   Chiarabba, C ^a   Augliera, P ^a   Piana, N ^a   Marzorati, S ^a   D'Alema, E ^a   Maistrello, M ^a   Piersanti, A ^a   De Gori, P ^a   Marchetti, A ^a   Colasanti, G ^a   Fiaschi, A ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Geofisico Toscano   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645065846     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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