Modes of fault reactivation from analogue modeling experiments: Implications for the seismotectonics of the Southern Adriatic foreland (Italy)

Quaternary International

Volumn 171-172, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 2-13

  Di Bucci, Daniela ^a   Ravaglia, Antonio ^b   Seno, Silvio ^b   Toscani, Giovanni ^b   Fracassi, Umberto ^c   Valensise, Gianluca ^c  

^a DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DISCONTINUITY; DISPLACEMENT; FORELAND BASIN; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447532050     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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