Hints on active tectonics in the southern Messina Straits: Preliminary results from the TAORMINA-2006 seismic cruise

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-176

  Argnani, A ^a   Brancolini, G ^b   Rovere, M ^a   Accaino, F ^b   Zgur, F ^b   Grossi, M ^b   Fanzutti, F ^b   Visnovic, P ^b   Sorgo, D ^b   Lodolo, E ^b   Bonazzi, C ^b   Mitchell, N ^c  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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