Rates of active compressional deformation in central Italy and Sicily: Evaluation of the seismic budget

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 243-264

  Visini, Francesco ^a   de Nardis, Rita ^b   Lavecchia, Giusy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active thrust faulting; Italy; Marche Adriatic region; Seismogenic crustal deformation; Seismotectonics; Sicily; Southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FOCAL MECHANISM; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MOMENT TENSOR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; SIMULATION; STRAIN RATE; THRUST FAULT;

ITALY; MARCHE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 77956289576     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0473-x     Document Type: Article

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