MOLE: A multidisciplinary observatory and laboratory of experiments in central Italy

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 7, 2009, Pages 60-64

  Cocco, Massimo ^a   Montone, Paola ^a   Barchi, Massimiliano R ^b   Dresen, Georg ^c   Zoback, Mark D ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONIC SETTINGS; CENTRAL ITALY; CRUSTAL STRESS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; DYNAMIC FAULT WEAKENING; EARTHQUAKE NUCLEATIONS; FAULT FRICTIONS; FAULT ZONES; FLUID PRESSURES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOCAL STRESS; NATURAL LABORATORIES; NORMAL FAULTS; PHYSICO CHEMICALS; REALISTIC MODELS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

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EID: 77954497842     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.7.10.2009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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