Active intraplate deformation within Adria: Examples from the Adriatic region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 57-72

  Scisciani, Vittorio ^a   Calamita, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria plate; Adriatic foreland; Inversion tectonics; Italy; Seismic reflection profiles; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ADRIA PLATE; ADRIATIC; INVERSION TECTONICS; ITALY; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC PLATE; THRUST;

APENNINES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NEW ZEALAND; PUGLIA; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 77953726450     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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