Strike-slip geometry inferred from the seismicity of the northern-central apennines (italy)

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 379-388

  Elter, Franco Marco ^a   Piero, Elter ^b   Claudio, Eva ^a   Elena, Eva ^c   Katharina, Kraus Rita ^a   Matteo, Padovano ^a   Stefano, Solarino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNT ^*  (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Northern Central Apennines; Riedel shear system; Seismotectonics; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSTENSION;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 80052671999     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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