Active stress field in central Italy: A revision of deep well data in the Umbria region

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 433-442

  Mariucci, Maria Teresa ^a   Montone, Paola ^a   Pierdominici, Simona ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active stress field; Borehole breakout; Colfiorito; Northern Apennines

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MAPPING; SMOOTHING; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 63649136093     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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