Incipient extension along the active convergent margin of Nubia in Sicily, Italy: Cefal-Etna seismic zone

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Billi, Andrea ^a   Presti, Debora ^b   Orecchio, Barbara ^b,c   Faccenna, Claudio ^a,d   Neri, Giancarlo ^b,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MOUNTINGS; TECTONICS;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODETIC DATA; LATERAL EXTENSION; MOUNT ETNA; PRESENT STAGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC FAULTING; SEISMIC SWARM; SEISMIC ZONES; SOUTHERN ITALY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; STRUCTURAL SURVEYS; STUDY AREAS; TRANSFER ZONES; UPPER BOUND;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODESY; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77956222955     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002559     Document Type: Article

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