The role of trench retreat on the geometry and stress regime in the subduction complexes of the Mediterranean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Rizzetto, Catia ^a   Marotta, Anna Maria ^a   Sabadini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ENERGY BALANCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

DIP; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 4143138762     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019889     Document Type: Article

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