Pre-existing cross-structures and active fault segmentation in the northern-central Apennines (Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 304-319

  Pizzi, Alberto ^a   Galadini, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active faults; Northern central Apennines; Pre existing cross structure; Segmentation; Structural barrier

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULT; APENNINES; CROSS STRUCTURES; EXISTING STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL BARRIER; TECTONIC LINEAMENTS;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT PROPAGATION; LINEAMENT; QUATERNARY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; RUPTURE; SEGMENTATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

APENNINES; ITALY;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 77954359618     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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