Capable faulting, environmental effects and seismic landscape in the area affected by the 1997 Umbria-Marche (Central Italy) seismic sequence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 269-281

  Guerrieri, L ^a   Blumetti, A M ^a   Esposito, E ^b   Michetti, A M ^c   Porfido, S ^d   Serva, L ^a   Tondi, E ^d   Vittori, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capable faults; Central Italy; Earthquake environmental effects; ESI 2007 intensity scale; Seismogenic structures; Umbria Marche

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

CENTRAL ITALY; GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; INTENSITY SCALE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMOGENIC STRUCTURES; UMBRIA-MARCHE;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULTING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ITALY; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

EID: 78149464414     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.034     Document Type: Article

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