A tectonic pressure pulse and increased geodynamic activity recorded from the long-term monitoring of faults in Europe

Tectonophysics

Volumn 487, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Stemberk, Josef ^a   Košt'ák, Blahoslav ^a   Caco, Stefan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bohemian Massif; Displacement; Geodynamic activity; Long term monitoring; Pressure pulse; Sudeten Marginal Fault Zone

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; CENTRAL EUROPE; COMPRESSIONAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; GERMANY; HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS; LONG TERM MONITORING; PRESSURE PULSE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRESS AND STRAIN; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TIME PERIODS; UPPER RHINE GRABEN; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; COMPRESSION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

APENNINES; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHINE GRABEN; SUDETES;

EID: 77952549977     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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