Tectonic stress and seismogenic faulting in the area of the 1908 Messina earthquake, South Italy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Neri, G ^a   Barberi, G ^b   Oliva, G ^a   Orecchio, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

SEISMIC STRAIN; SEISMOGENIC FAULTING; STRAIN TENSOR; TECTONIC STRESS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4243148632     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019742     Document Type: Article

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