Contemporary crustal extension in the Umbria-Marche Apennines from regional CGPS networks and comparison between geodetic and seismic deformation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 3-12

  D'Agostino, N ^a   Mantenuto, S ^a   D'Anastasio, E ^a   Avallone, A ^a   Barchi M , ^b   Collettini C , ^b   Radicioni, F ^b   Stoppini, A ^b   Fastellini, G ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal extension; GPS; Northern Apennines

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERPOLATION; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY;

CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DEFORMATION FIELD; GEODETIC NETWORKS; GPS VELOCITY FIELD; NORTHERN APENNINES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; SPLINE INTERPOLATION;

STRAIN RATE;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; INTERPOLATION; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP; STRAIN RATE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 70350784254     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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