Evidence for localized active extension in the central Apennines (Italy) from global positioning system observations

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-294

  D'Agostino, Nicola ^a   Mantenuto, Sergio ^b   D'Anastasio, Elisabetta ^a   Giuliani, Roberta ^c   Mattone, Maurizio ^c   Calcaterra, Stefano ^d   Gambino, Piera ^d   Bonci, Luciano ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Leica Geosystems AG   (Switzerland)

^c DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; APENNINES; BICUBIC-SPLINE; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; CURRENT RESOLUTION; DEFORMATION PATTERN; DISLOCATION MODELING; DISTRIBUTED PATTERNS; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULT-SLIP RATES; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; LONG WAVELENGTH; SIMULTANEOUS DEFORMATION; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; UPPER CRUST; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERPOLATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; VELOCITY;

CREEP;

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GPS; INTERPOLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN; UPPER CRUST;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 79954576340     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31796.1     Document Type: Article

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