Inferences on active faults at the Southern Alps-Liguria basin junction from accurate analysis of low energy seismicity

Tectonophysics

Volumn 475, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 470-479

  Turino, Chiara ^a   Scafidi, Davide ^a   Eva, Elena ^b   Solarino, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fault geometry; Focal mechanisms; High precision locations; Seismogenic structure; Western Liguria (Italy)

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; FOCAL MECHANISMS; HIGH PRECISION LOCATIONS; SEISMOGENIC STRUCTURE; WESTERN LIGURIA (ITALY);

CAVITY RESONATORS; EARTHQUAKES;

LOCATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECISION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349205669     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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