Holocene activity of the Scilla Fault, Southern Calabria: Insights from coastal morphological and structural investigations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 453, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 74-93

  Ferranti, L ^a   Monaco, C ^b   Morelli, D ^c   Antonioli, F ^d   Maschio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active fault; Messina Strait; Past coastline; Pleistocene Holocene

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; HOLOCENE; LAST INTERGLACIAL; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHORELINE; UPLIFT;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SCILLA;

EID: 44649108518     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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