Deep geometry and rheology of an orogenic wedge developing above a continental subduction zone: Seismological evidence from the northern-central Apennines (Italy)

Lithosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-104

  Chiarabba, Claudio ^a   De Gori, Pasquale ^a   Speranza, Fabio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASTHENOSPHERIC FLOW; CENTRAL APENNINES; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTIONS; EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; NORTHERN APENNINES; RETROGRADE MOTION; SEISMIC NETWORKS;

FAULTING;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BENIOFF ZONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; GEOMETRY; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; P-WAVE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE VELOCITY; BELT; NORMAL FAULT; UPPER CRUST;

ADRIATIC SEA; APENNINES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78650166105     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L34.1     Document Type: Article

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