Short-term (geodetic) and long-term (geological) velocity fields in the Northern Apennines

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-104

  Cenni, Nicola ^a   Viti, Marcello ^b   Baldi, Paolo ^a   Mantovani, Enzo ^b   Ferrini, Maurizio ^c   D'Intinosante, Vittorio ^c   Babbucci, Daniele ^b   Albarello, Dario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Servizio Sismico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geodetic velocity field; Northern apennines; Postseismic relaxation; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849087342     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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