Tectonic features of the Lipari-Vulcano complex (Aeolian archipelago, Italy) from 10 years (1996-2006) of GPS data

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 370-377

  Mattia, Mario ^a   Palano, Mimmo ^a   Bruno, Valentina ^a,b   Cannavò, Flavio ^a   Bonaccorso, Alessandro ^a   Gresta, Stefano ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 53149087091     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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