Focal mechanism inversion in the Giudicarie-Lessini seismotectonic region (Southern Alps, Italy): Insights on tectonic stress and strain

Tectonophysics

Volumn 460, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 106-115

  Viganò, Alfio ^a   Bressan, Gianni ^b   Ranalli, Giorgio ^c   Martin, Silvana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focal mechanisms; Seismotectonics; Southern Alps; Tectonic stress and strain

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GIUDICARIE FAULT ZONE; ITALY; LESSINI MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO;

EID: 54849420882     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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