Active faults and inferred seismic sources in the San Vito lo Capo peninsula, northwestern Sicily, Italy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 262, Issue , 2006, Pages 365-377

  Tondi, Emanuele ^a   Zampieri, D ^b   Giunta, G ^c   Renda, P ^c   Alessandroni, M ^c   Unti, M ^c   Giorgianni, A ^c   Cello, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULTING; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SAN VITO LO CAPO; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI;

EID: 33750346903     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.262.01.22     Document Type: Article

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