Rheological behaviour of the crust in Southern Apennine (Italy): Results from a thermal and seismological study

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-359

  Solaro, Giuseppe ^a   Tizzani, Pietro ^b   Milano, Girolamo ^a   Pauselli, Cristina ^c  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DUCTILITY; EARTHQUAKE; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548786692     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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