Evidence for surface faulting events along the Paganica fault prior to the 6 April 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (central Italy)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Cinti, F R ^a   Pantosti, D ^a   De Martini, P M ^a   Pucci, S ^a   Civico, R ^a   Pierdominici, S ^a   Cucci, L ^a   Brunori, C A ^a   Pinzi, S ^a   Patera, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP RATE;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 79961193677     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007988     Document Type: Article

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