Normal faults and thrusts reactivated by deep fluids: The 6 April 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake, central Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Di Luccio, F ^a   Ventura, G ^a   Di Giovambattista, R ^a   Piscini, A ^a   Cinti, F R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AFTERSHOCK; DIFFUSIVITY; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT PLANE; FLUID PRESSURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; NORMAL FAULT; PERMEABILITY; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; THRUST;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 77954369709     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007190     Document Type: Article

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