Comparison between active stress field and tectonic structures in Northern Italy, Lombardy Region

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 867-881

  Pierdominici, Simona ^a   Mariucci, M Teresa ^a   Montone, Paola ^a   Cesaro, Marco ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active stress field; Borehole breakout analysis; Italy; Po Plain; Tectonic structures

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; WELL;

AUSTRALASIA; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MONFERRATO; NEW ZEALAND; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; PO PLAIN; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMILIA;

EID: 33749074225     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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